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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, is an attempt to bring together opposition parties against the BJP government for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Anil Ambani to withdraw defamation suits against Congress

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The Rs 5,000 crore civil defamation suit was filed against Congress leaders and National Herald newspaper over an article on the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal.

Karnataka Congress has a new headache as senior Muslim MLA ‘revolts’ 2 days before results

Rohini Swamy -
Congress MLA Roshan Baig calls senior leader K.C. Venugopal a 'buffoon', slams Dinesh Gundu Rao and Siddaramaiah for not handling Lok Sabha campaign 'properly'. 

28 years after Rajiv Gandhi’s death, a look back at the LTTE-Lanka nexus that killed him

Shekhar Gupta -
The IPKF was described as ‘Innocent People Killing Force’ in posters on Colombo’s streets. Prabhakaran took revenge on Rajiv for sending the IPKF.

Narendra Modi’s ‘selfie-realisation’ in Kedarnath, and exit polls’ cloudy ‘gossip’

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Congress puts plan in motion to guard EVMs as Priyanka Gandhi sends message of ‘hope’

Neelam Pandey -
Congress candidates have been coordinating with their state units to station workers outside EVM strongrooms and look out for suspicious activity.

Rajiv Gandhi – the ‘unwilling’ PM who laid the foundation of a modern India

Revathi Krishnan -
On his 28th death anniversary, ThePrint remembers Rajiv Gandhi, his years as the prime minister and the controversies he got embroiled in.

Unless Lok Sabha elections get shorter, parties like BJP will keep winning

Nitin Pai -
Election Commission must aim to complete Lok Sabha election in one day to deny undue advantages to some parties.

Not Gandhi dynasty, but a Narasimha Rao-like figure can save the Congress now

Makarand R. Paranjape -
The Congress needs someone who can re-build its image and appeal as a credible opposition without totally sidelining the Gandhi family.

Chowkidar sure hai, say exit polls as PM dishes out lessons in meditation

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Congress will move to resolve Amarinder-Sidhu spat only after election results

Chitleen K Sethi -
Two of the Congress' most senior leaders in Punjab, Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu, have been at loggerheads since last week.
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