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Topic: Congress

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.

Amid tectonic political shifts, the North East needs a moral guiding force like Rishang Keishing

Rajat Sethi - August 27, 2017

The political journey of Rishang Keishing from a strong Naga integrationist to a strong Indian nationalist who represented a united Manipur carries lessons for the current day politicians.

Clueless in Babaland: Ram Rahim to ‘Freezer Baba’, how ‘godmen’ cast a spell over Punjab & Haryana

Shekhar Gupta - August 25, 2017

Gurmeet Ram Rahim, now out on parole ahead of elections yet again, is just the most colourful and blingy of north India's 'godmen'.

Talk Point: How does Nitish Kumar joining NDA affect the formation of a national opposition alliance?

ThePrint Team - August 25, 2017

Ahead of a grand Patna rally, does Nitish Kumar's absence mean there's already a very big crack in the opposition front that plans to take on the BJP in 2019?

Nervous BJP banks on Jaitley for big win in Gujarat

Pragya Kaushika - August 25, 2017

The union finance minister will be assisted by four union ministers as the BJP goes all out to make a statement in the Modi-Shah home state.

A ‘Congress-mukt’ Karnataka will be harder to achieve than Amit Shah thinks

Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi - August 24, 2017

To make Karnataka 'Congress-mukt', the BJP will have to address internal dissidence, build a new social coalition and a compelling development agenda.

On Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary: How to squander a mega mandate

Shekhar Gupta - August 20, 2017

When Rajiv Gandhi started he could do no wrong. Halfway through his five years, he could do no right. His tenure had many chastening lessons in how mega mandates can make you smug and self-destruct. His record should be essential reading for those with brute majorities now, from Arvind Kejriwal, Narendra Modi and on to Vasundhara Raje, Naveen Patnaik and Mamata Banerjee. Shekhar Gupta

Gurdaspur bypoll a challenge for CM Amarinder Singh

Chitleen K Sethi - August 17, 2017

Expectations among MLAs, who have won their seats multiple times, and Rahul Gandhi’s youth brigade, are running high and hectic lobbying has given way to impatience Chitleen K Sethi

Now, SC to hear land-grabbing case against Karnataka minister D.K. Shivakumar

Apurva Vishwanath - August 16, 2017

Allegations of collusion with revenue department officials to buy government land date back to 1999-2003 when Shivakumar was UD minister in S M Krishna govt. Apurva Vishwanath

Hypocritical contestations

TN Ninan - August 11, 2017

There isn't much to choose between BJP and opposition parties when it comes to their record of undermining constitutional principles. T.N. Ninan

Do Minorities Matter?

Shekhar Gupta - August 11, 2017

Hamid Ansari's concern over unease among Indian minorities came just after Pakistan swore in its first Hindu cabinet minister in 20 years. Truth is contrary to this click bait. Shekhar Gupta

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