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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.

Modi’s new vote: Sub-categorisation set to bring OBCs into BJP fold

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
By spreading benefits of OBC reservations more evenly among all castes, the BJP can win over 40 crore of India’s most deprived people.

Defeating BJP in Gujarat is one of my top priorities: Hardik Patel

Kumar Anshuman -
The face of the Patidar campaign hints at electoral understandings with like-minded organisations ahead of assembly polls in state.

‘BJP should announce its CM candidate in poll-bound Himachal’

Pragya Kaushika -
Former CM Prem Kumar Dhumal cites a ‘flawed ticket distribution' process as the main reason behind BJP’s loss in the last election

The Opposition in the Gujarat election is a collection of sideshows that don’t add up

Shiv Visvanathan -
There are a few big issues in Gujarat but the BJP does not need issues. It has an icon, a Gujarati PM that the state is proud of.

When it comes to political dynasties, BJP is fast catching up with Congress

Kumar Anshuman -
The BJP has slammed Rahul Gandhi for admitting the existence of dynastic politics but numbers show the ruling party isn’t free from the malaise either.

Gender budget proves govt only pays lip service to women’s empowerment

Sanya Dhingra -
The Gender Budget Statement shows Rs 31,390 crore allocated to women-only schemes, but over two-thirds of these are generic schemes like the PM Awas...

Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll is acid test for Congress, BJP

Chitleen K Sethi -
The Gurdaspur seat was held by SAD-BJP alliance and the election is a test of popularity for the ruling parties in the Centre and the state. 

Rahul Gandhi’s US tour can’t change fact that Congress has no clarity on its strategy

Milan Vaishnav -
There is no grand re-organisation or an ideological rethink in the Congress Party that a stunning electoral debacle like 2014 should have prompted.

‘CM on bail, IG in jail’ — BJP’s slogan in poll-bound Himachal

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP hopes to dislodge Virbhadra Singh government by focusing on corruption and ‘deteriorating’ law and order situation in the state.

The only thing PM Modi & Swami Vivekananda share is their first name

Brijesh Kalappa -
It was Rajiv Gandhi who began celebrating Swami Vivekananda’s birthday as National Youth Day since 1985.
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Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
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