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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.

On 90th anniversary of Dandi March, Congress to take out ‘Gandhi Sandesh Yatra’

ANI -
The 27-day yatra will begin at Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram on 12 March. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are set to be part of it.

Congress MPs’ suspension justified but govt decision to delay Delhi riots debate inexcusable

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ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

7 Congress MPs suspended from Budget session for ‘gross misconduct’

PTI -
The Congress MPs had snatched papers off the Speaker's desk and scattered them while the House was in session.

Congress accuses BJP of attempting to topple Madhya Pradesh govt using money & power

PTI -
Calling it a 'blot on democracy' senior Congress leaders alleged that the BJP had taken eight MLAs to a Haryana hotel in a bid to poach them.

Himanta Biswa Sarma has what it takes to be BJP’s next Amit Shah, but for an RSS hurdle

Ruhi Tewari -
Himanta Biswa Sarma is everything that Amit Shah is — calculative, ruthless, astute, toxic on-demand and with an insatiable appetite for power.

Delhi Police’s use of facial recognition doesn’t fit into idea of democracy: Shashi Tharoor

Apoorva Mandhani -
Speaking at the CPR Dialogues 2020, Congress MP says Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ‘positive potential’ but ‘far greater propensity’ to interfere with human rights.

SC rejects SIT plea seeking early hearing against Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

PTI -
Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 5 Sikhs and burning a gurudwara in Delhi's 1984 riots

Nitish thanks Rahul as Prashant Kishor calls out his ‘bad’ & Trump’s ‘Capital’ punishment

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The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Arvind Kejriwal risks becoming Rajiv Gandhi, neither here nor there

Shivam Vij -
Walking the secular-communal tightrope, Arvind Kejriwal could fall off it.

Sharad Pawar now eyes Mumbai — NCP to launch mega mission today to win 2022 civic polls

Haima Deshpande -
Sharad Pawar's NCP has only 9 seats in cash-rich BMC. It will try to reach an understanding with MVA allies Sena & Congress, but could also go it alone on all 227 seats.
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