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Congress or the Indian National Congress (INC) is one of two major political parties in India. It was founded in 1885 and played a leading role in India’s Independence movement. It has ruled during most of India’s independent years and gave the country its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Leadership of the Congress too has been dominated by the Nehru-Gandhi family.

The Congress is a center-left party, and lists on its website democracy, nationalism, secularism, inclusive growth and social justice as its core values. It last ruled India between 2004 and 2014, but has since lost its sway, being reduced to just 52 seats in the 2019 General Elections. INDIA, the alliance headed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, was an attempt to bring together opposition parties against the BJP government for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Together, the INDIA Alliance secured 238 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. The Congress won 99 of these.

Has Shashi Tharoor become advocate of BJP, asks Congress’s Udit Raj over colleague’s Pahalgam remarks

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Raj also sought clarification on Tharoor's stance, specifically questioning the Congress leader's comments regarding national security and global terrorism.

Karnataka minister Timmapur in a tight spot for disputing Pahalgam attackers singled out Hindus

Sharan Poovanna -
Excise minister’s comments have fuelled an already raging controversy over Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's statement that there was no need to go to war with Pakistan.

‘100 cr’ formula to win an election & relief for Azam Khan, unease for SP

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BJP realises its ‘triple-engine sarkar’ dreams as Raja Iqbal Singh becomes Delhi mayor

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Raja Iqbal Singh won 133 votes, and his opponent, Congress candidate Mandeep, received eight votes. AAP had stayed out of the election.

Congress’s CWC attacks BJP for ‘exploiting’ Pahalgam terror attack, says Hindus deliberately targeted

Sourav Roy Barman -
After calling for shunning partisan politics and emphasising projecting a collective resolve to combat terror, Congress shifted its stance & used the CWC resolution to hit out at BJP.

As Robert Vadra says Pahalgam terrorists ‘sent message to PM’, BJP’s Nishikant takes aim at Gandhis

Sourav Roy Barman -
Vadra said the attack was a sign that Muslims were feeling 'weakened' in India. Though he said he was not speaking for the party, BJP accused Congress of being anti-India, anti-Hindu

Rahul pushes Cong govts on Rohith Vemula law, even though Telangana Police closed suicide case last yr

Prasad Nichenametla -
Rahul Gandhi has written to Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, as well as Karnataka & Himachal CMs 'to put a firm end' to discrimination. Police had closed the case saying Vemula was not a Dalit.

‘We were braver under British rule’—Rahul Gandhi says Indians today scared to face certain truths

Sourav Roy Barman -
In podcast released by Congress, Rahul also referred to Trump tariffs, saying US President gave Indian PM a 'dressing down' in Washington, and 'Modi bowed his head and came back'.

Robert Vadra faces 2nd day of ED questioning, says he’s ‘too strong for all this’

ANI -
Vadra shared a political cartoon on social media, taking a jibe at the BJP as he alleged that there is a ‘witch hunt’ & ‘political vendetta’ being carried out against him & Rahul Gandhi.

Quota shake-up, sub caste maths & Muslim numbers, why Karnataka caste survey has Siddaramaiah in a bind

Sharan Poovanna -
Karnataka CM is said to have released report after Rahul Gandhi's 'unstated snub'. A special cabinet meeting is scheduled 17 April to discuss in detail the survey's findings.
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