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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.

Sajjan Kumar convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case, Delhi court notes his role in mob violence

Khadija Khan -
The ex-Congress MP was found guilty for murder of 2 Sikh men. Kumar has been behind bars for 6 yrs, serving life term in another 1984 case for burning a gurdwara & killing 5 Sikhs.

Watch CutTheClutter: Why Congress in the lead will be crucial for INDIA bloc’s survival through 2029

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1605 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta & Political Editor D.K. Singh discuss the future of a fraught INDIA bloc in the aftermath of the Delhi elections.

Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit to return to Congress today after 4 years in Trinamool

Prashant Srivastava -
West Bengal Congress leaders say Abhijit's legacy and experience will give party unit a boost.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey seeks probe into USAID link to Congress-linked organisations

Neelam Pandey -
During Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Dubey alleged funding from the US aid agency was being given to anti-national elements to 'divide India'.

Why Congress is opposing Centre’s plan to amend 2010 nuclear civil liability law

Sourav Roy Barman -
Congress accuses NDA govt of a "U-turn" from its previous stance on the Act, which was passed by Parliament in 2010. BJP had opposed the law, as it was originally introduced by UPA govt.

Congress fighting against govt machinery that’s weakening Constitution, says Priyanka Gandhi

ANI -
Wayanad MP was addressing a United Democratic Front booth-level meeting in Wayanad. The Congress Saturday failed to secure even a single seat in Delhi polls.

Delhi’s Muslim voters didn’t abandon AAP. Party fell short of perfect score due to vote-cutter AIMIM

Prashant Srivastava -
BJP won Mustafabad, but it was courtesy AIMIM which emerged as a vote cutter. While AAP had Muslim candidates in five seats, Congress had six such candidates.

Kejriwal era of ideology-free politics ends. Contradiction of being in INDIA & targeting Congress base

Shekhar Gupta -
Kejriwal and the AAP are devastated, but not finished. They still have a big state in Punjab, the municipal corporation in Delhi and 43 percent of the vote, even in defeat.

BJP wins in Delhi’s SC-reserved seats for the 1st time in 10 yrs, scores 4 of 12 amid Ambedkar row

Neelam Pandey -
AAP had slammed BJP over Home Minister Amit Shah’s controversial remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Dalit community constitutes over 16% of Delhi’s population.

Delhi polls: Owaisi’s AIMIM helps BJP clinch Mustafabad, finishes third in Okhla

Apoorva Mandhani -
In Mustafabad, Tahir Hussain polled 33,474 votes, while Shifa-ur-Rehman Khan secured 39,558 votes in Okhla.
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