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.
Not sure the petition is well conceived. All offset contracts – barring some aspects that may require to be kept confidential on grounds of national security – should be in the public domain, on the website of MoD. Certainly a situation should not arise where the authorities claim they are unaware of the fact that ADAG is an offset partner of Dassault. The effort, over a period of time, should be to strengthen the domestic manufacturing capabilities of credible firms, receiving mentorship and support from the world’s leading arms manufacturers. It will be a very long time before an Indian firm can independently design and manufacture a state of the art weapon system like the S 400, but there should be progressively higher local content. Felt disappointed to read, in the tributes pouring in for George Fernandes, that India has not had a really striking Raksha Mantri after him.