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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.

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Wayanad is angry about Amit Shah’s ‘Pakistan’ jibe, but NDA candidate isn’t worried

Rohini Swamy -
Local residents are furious after BJP chief Amit Shah compares Wayanad to Pakistan over green flags at Rahul Gandhi’s rally. Analysts say Shah's remark will help BJP beyond Kerala.

BJP can try Operation Kamala again to win votes, but won’t succeed: Siddaramaiah

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Congress took a jibe at the BJP by referring to 'Operation Kamala' from 2008 when it attempted to "poach-all" MLAs to stake claim to form the government in Karnataka.

BJP has edge in the sky as it books most private jets, choppers for Modi campaign

Anurag Kotoky -
BJP has booked 20 private jets & 30 helicopters, while Congress could manage to book just about a fifth of that.

RSS helping Pranab Mukherjee’s son to win for Congress, says CM Mamata Banerjee

PTI -
The chief minister urged people to defeat the combination of the Congress, BJP and the Left.

Sardar Patel wanted RSS to be merged into Congress but Nehru & Golwalkar stood in way

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay -
It was also ironical that in December 1948, the RSS’ first mass agitation was based on Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence.

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Opposition wants Supreme Court to direct EC to verify VVPAT slips for 50% EVMs

PTI -
Opposition parties Sunday met to discuss issue of EVM malfunctioning where Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said they will plan a nationwide campaign to bring this to light.
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