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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.

Revanth Reddy is battling a series of PR disasters in Telangana. Gachibowli to HYDRAA

Yunus Lasania -
When the BRS came to power, it launched social welfare schemes and brought hope to the people of Telangana. It did not go about harping on how bad the past governments were.

Congress’s Ahmedabad resolution to target BJP’s ‘pseudo-nationalism’, taunt Modi govt on Trump tariffs

Sourav Roy Barman -
Resolution which also covers ruling dispensation's 'active' participation in attacking minorities, particularly Muslims & Christians, to be adopted at AICC session Wednesday on Modi turf.

How Congress is trying to reclaim Sardar Patel’s legacy

Sourav Roy Barman -
At CWC meeting in Modi & Amit Shah's home turf, Kharge accuses BJP-RSS of appropriating Patel's legacy, highlighting the former home minister's dissent against the RSS's ideology.

Real estate dynamo to Odisha’s 1st Muslim MLA, Congress’s Sofia Firdous is making even rivals take note

Moushumi Das Gupta -
A civil engineer with an IIM degree, 33-year-old entered poll fray last year when SC dashed her father's hope to recontest in Odisha. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.

Alienating Hindus broke Congress. It must win them back to survive

M Nageswara Rao -
The decline of Congress is not a simple tale of corruption or regionalism alone. At its core, it is the story of a party that lost the trust of the Hindu masses who once sustained it.

Congress fellowship in Manmohan’s name to help mid-career professionals transition to politics

Prashant Srivastava -
Under this initiative, Congress will select 50 mid-career professionals from across the states every year. A candidate should have at least 10 years of professional experience.

Congress to challenge ‘constitutionality’ of Waqf Amendment Bill in SC, says Jairam Ramesh

ANI -
The senior Congress leader said that his party will continue to resist any actions by the Modi govt that it views as assault on the principles enshrined in the Constitution of India.

How disputed ‘forest’ patch has put Hyderabad university students on the warpath against Revanth govt

Prasad Nichenametla -
The Revanth Reddy govt plans to auction about 400 acres of green cover adjacent to the university. Amid intense protests, bulldozers have begun levelling the land and uprooting vegetation.

Why Congress leadership’s iftar engagements signal shift in approach to ‘appeasement’ charge

Sourav Roy Barman -
Since hosting his last Iftar in 2018 as Congress president, Rahul had not attended any Iftar in last 7 yrs, during which party suffered two more defeats in Lok Sabha elections.

What’s next for Basanagouda Yatnal, fiery BJP MLA expelled after his continuous attacks on Yediyurappa

Sharan Poovanna -
Another rebel & Yediyurappa baiter Kumar Bangarappa has ruled out that any member of their camp will either leave the BJP or consider forming a new party.
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