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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.

BJP & Congress are forgetting city voters in race to woo villages

Bibhudatta Pradhan -
Voter turnout has been dismal in 3 key southern cities -- Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad -- that have gone to polls so far in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Is RSS wary of Modi-Shah? A quiet ‘support’ to Raj Thackeray in Maharashtra signals so

Kumar Ketkar -
BJP emerging as single-largest party in 2019 won’t be enough for Modi because many, including some in RSS, see a ‘threat’ in his return.

Supriya Sule praises Raj Thackeray for ‘standing up’ to Modi govt, says ‘proud he has guts’

Manasi Phadke -
NCP's Baramati candidate Supriya Sule lauds father Sharad Pawar’s decision not to contest Lok Sabha polls, calls nephew Parth Pawar a 'breath of fresh air'.

BJP playing communal card with Sadhvi Pragya but Digvijaya will defeat her: Kamal Nath

D.K. Singh -
Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath is confident that the BJP's 'polarisation' will not work and predicts that the Congress will win a majority of the seats in the state.

Congress goes solo in Delhi, names Sheila Dikshit among candidates but leaves one seat out

Neelam Pandey -
The Congress has decided against an alliance with AAP for Delhi and released a list of six candidates that also includes Ajay Maken.

Why Congress, and not SP-BSP, is prime target of Modi and Yogi in UP

Arun Asthana -
BJP's 2019 hopes rest hugely on a 22% group in UP, which helped it bag 42% vote share and 71 seats in 2014. But which group is it, and what is Congress up to?

A message for Rahul Gandhi in Milind Deora courting Mukesh Ambani and Uday Kotak

D.K. Singh -
Rahul Gandhi would rather have Congress leaders speak and act like aspiring Robin Hoods who wouldn’t let Adanis & Ambanis have a good night’s sleep.

BJP disastrous for Chandigarh, Kirron Kher’s got nothing to show for her 5 yrs: Pawan Bansal

Chitleen K Sethi -
Veteran Congress leader Pawan Bansal, who had to resign as rail minister after scam allegations, says he is ready to debate anyone on the issue.

Congress says its approach towards national security not ad hoc & impulsive

PTI -
Former union ministers P. Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh, & Lt Gen D.S. Hooda addressed issues like unemployment, farm distress and security of the people.

Congress uses ‘rural’ mantra to fight BJP in PM Modi’s home state Gujarat

Neelam Pandey -
Congress had got whitewashed in Gujarat in 2014, but this time, it is raking up issues like farmer distress and unemployment to attack the BJP's state government.
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