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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.

How Gujarat votes explained in five charts

Ruhi Tewari -
Five charts show how political parties have fared in Gujarat over the years and how the state has voted.

Dynasty to the fore in Himachal: Virbhadra’s son not the only one rising

Chitleen K Sethi -
Including CM Virbhadra’s son Vikramaditya, Congress has fielded eight second- or third-generation politicians, while the BJP has given tickets to three.

Age no bar for contesting elections in Himachal Pradesh

Chitleen K Sethi -
The state has many elderly politicians who have won back-to-back elections for decades, and still remain their party’s best bet to retain their seat.

5 years after it made a splash, AIMIM influence on the wane in Maharashtra

Manasi Phadke -
In 2012, the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party clinched 11 out of 81 seats in Nanded municipal election in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region.

Congress going through a difficult phase… but there’s discontent with BJP: Sunil Jakhar

Kumar Anshuman -
After winning the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll with a margin of 1.93 lakh votes, Sunil Jakhar says the result will energise party cadres across the country.

Talk Point: Is the Congress battle-ready for 2019 with Rahul Gandhi at the helm?

ThePrint Team -
We seek perspectives on whether Congress has learnt its lessons from 2014, and with Rahul Gandhi about to take over, is it battle-ready for 2019?

Rahul Gandhi will be Congress president ‘in a matter of days’

Kumar Anshuman -
Jyotiraditya Scindia said that Rahul Gandhi would take charge of the party soon and there would be a 'reaffirmation' of the party's core beliefs. 

Not really ‘Congress-mukt’: in some states, half of BJP’s ministers are ex-Congress

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Composition of BJP’s state cabinets leads to allegations of ‘Congressisation’, party says the ministers are now committed to its ideology and goals.

Sukh Ram, who once helped Dhumal form government, is no stranger to BJP

Chitleen K Sethi -
Sukh Ram launched his own party after being expelled from Congress following his conviction in a telecom scam, now his son joins BJP in poll-bound Himachal

Gurdaspur verdict is no certificate of success for six-month Congress rule in Punjab

Ashutosh Kumar -
The BJP state unit was faction-ridden, did not have any local leader and relied too much on the Akali leaders' campaign for its Gurdaspur candidate.
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