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

Together, the INDIA Alliance secured 238 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. The Congress won 99 of these.

After Bihar loss, Congress sets assertive tone in TN with a ‘winnable’ seats list for talks with DMK

Prabhakar Tamilarasu -
The party has shortlisted 125 seats with credible chance of victory. A 5-member panel will handle seat-sharing talks, with plans to push for a larger share this election, it is learnt.

Congress or Uddhav Sena? MVA architect Sharad Pawar caught in allies’ tug-of-war ahead of BMC polls

Purva Chitnis -
Six years after he created the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the alliance's architect finds himself in a tough spot, caught between an old ally and a newer one.

Tharoor praises Trump-Mamdani, says this is how democracy should work. BJP approves, with dig at Rahul

ThePrint Team -
New Delhi: The Donald Trump-Zohran Mamdani meeting received fulsome praise from Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday, and the Thiruvanthapuram MP’s remarks got a stamp...

Congress’s biggest problem is not the BJP. It is their own operating system

K.B.S Sidhu -
The party should sit down with like-minded regional forces and draw up a 5-10-year framework, and not 5-10-month seat bargains.

BJP slams Congress for Indira Gandhi Peace Prize to ‘anti-India’ Bachelet. A look at past awardees

Sourav Roy Barman -
Over the years, many recipients have been leaders who can be placed in the Centre-Left category, but not all. For instance, in 1997, it was awarded to former US President Jimmy Carter.

Not BJP, not EC, Congress MP Tariq Anwar says this party decision sealed its fate in Bihar

Sourav Roy Barman -
Weak candidates and a lack of coordination with alliance partner RJD were also factors, says the Lok Sabha MP from Katihar in an interview with ThePrint.

The voices of caution Rahul Gandhi ignored? Inside Congress’s Bihar freefall

Sourav Roy Barman -
Congress won only 6 of the 61 seats it contested in Bihar, registering an astonishingly low strike rate of 9.8 percent.

In Bihar victory speech, PM Modi warns of another Congress split, tells its allies to ‘be very wary’

Neelam Pandey -
Victory has energised the BJP’s cadre in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam, and West Bengal, Modi declares. The states will go to polls in 2026.

Politics tough nut to crack—IIT-IIM grad Congress’ candidate faces BJP drubbing in Patna Sahib

Neelam Pandey -
Mahagathbandhan had fielded Shashant Shekhar hoping to garner support of the youth as well as keeping caste combinations in mind in this urban constituency.

Assembly bypolls: Early trends show BJP leading in 2 seats; Cong ahead in Anta, Jubilee Hills

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Bypolls for 8 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Telangana took place on November 11.
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