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.
The NCTC was an excellent idea, deserves to be created. It was opposed in the past by some state governments who feared it would undermine their autonomy. However, dealing with terrorism, much of it sponsored from abroad, is beyond the competence and resources of the state governments. 2. The NSA is a staff officer, responsible to the PM. One does not see how or why he should be made responsible to Parliament. This is a purely advisory post, meant to coexist with the autonomy of the ministries of home, defence and external affairs. 3. There is, however, a need to make the intelligence services subject to parliamentary oversight. The US system works well. 4. CDS is a red herring. Being conscious of protocol, there will be a demand that it be upgraded to five star status.
Is there any option to download the manifesto?