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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.

BJP defends Sanchar Saathi—‘Govt doesn’t want to snoop on you, app cannot read your messages’

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Row has erupted over Centre’s directive to manufacturers & importers to pre-install the app on every smartphone sold in India within 90 days. Oppn calls it ‘Big Boss moment’.

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‘Want debate on Delhi blast, polls in Parliament winter session’: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi

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Gogoi also highlighted vulnerability of data security as concerns around artificial intelligence rise globally.

Kerala minister slams Congress after sexual assault case filed against MLA Mamkoottathil

ANI -
Rahul Mamkootathil, Congress MLA from Kerala's Palakkad, has been booked on charges of alleged rape, criminal intimidation, and coerced abortion.

People often say that the Congress is dead or dying and I just laugh: Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru -
'Any organisation that has an easy time is corrupted by it. I like opposition to grow up to oppose the Congress,' Nehru said during India's first general election campaign in 1951-52.

Temporary truce? Siddaramaiah & Shivakumar vow to make nice on Congress high command’s orders

Sharan Poovanna -
Unity on the menu as the warring Karnataka CM and deputy CM share a made-to-order breakfast meeting to cool speculation of a power struggle, though insiders say the truce may be temporary.

Deputy CM Shivakumar meets Congress leaders amid tussle over Karnataka CM post

ANI -
The tussle, fueled by a 2023 'power-sharing agreement' between Siddaramaiah & Shivakumar, has pushed each side's loyalists to lobby for their leaders' claims to the state's top post.

‘Outsiders’, Owaisi factor, ‘friendly fights’—what came up at Congress’s closed-door Bihar poll review

Sourav Roy Barman -
The sessions, with batches of 10 candidates each, stretched until about 7 pm at Indira Bhavan. Additionally, Kharge & Rahul met 6 MLAs & candidates to hear their grievances.

X’s location feature: A political row over handles run from ‘Pakistan’, and a reliability catch

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X users making 'pro-Congress, anti-govt' posts based out of Pakistan, Bangladesh etc, according to the platform's location data. BJP pounces, Congress says 'manufactured outrage'.

Defiant CMs, unceremonious ousters—Siddaramaiah vs DKS bout is a familiar tale in Karnataka politics

Sharan Poovanna -
Ongoing tussle between CM & Dy CM is one of the most ‘dignified’ in Karnataka’s otherwise turbulent political history, says political analyst; another adds, the ‘game has just begun’.
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