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.
When M S Oberoi bid an outrageous price for the Nariman Point plot on which the Trident and its sister hotel now stand, his son Bikky asked him, Why ? Location, location, location, the great man replied. Compared to that, the location of the Taj, its natural competitor, amidst the bylanes of Colaba, looks distinctly downmarket. Today’s results would have approximated those from five years ago if the party had focused on Performance, performance, performance.