TopicCongress

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.

Don’t smile too much, Congress

Shekhar Gupta - November 28, 2015

The post-Bihar "revival" of the Congress is limited to the front pages - the party's secular decline has not been reversed.

A heartland-rending tussle

Shekhar Gupta - November 2, 2015

Why and how the BJP and the Congress respond to the faith-versus-caste debate will still shape politics.

Back to future on a postage stamp

Shekhar Gupta - September 18, 2015

Why RSS/BJP's war against Nehru & heirs is as cussed as it is revealing about their lack of alternative heroes.

Makeover at 44

Shekhar Gupta - April 23, 2015

Whatever Rahul Gandhi was doing during his sabbatical, he has rid himself of fatal flaws for a mass politician: shying from eye contact and building an image of flightiness.

Why didn’t you want to resign, Dr Singh?

Shekhar Gupta - March 12, 2015

Let's ask why our former PM let Congress undermine his authority and that of his office.

Iron Lady’s rethink: Martyr, patriot, reformer?

Shekhar Gupta - November 6, 2014

While Indira Gandhi has been deservedly given a place in history, could it be that we have not yet fully appreciated her intellect and prescience on economic and foreign policies.

Gogoi, the only Congressman smiling…

Shekhar Gupta - April 23, 2014

If success in Assam was a determinant of a leader’s ability, Tarun Gogoi is the Congress party’s Narendra Modi. Except, it isn’t in the Congress culture to acknowledge this.

In a tearing hurry-ana

SGIN - April 22, 2014

A new Haryanvi machismo & urbanisation-fuelled hedonism is on the rise while identity politics is slowly on its way out in the heavily caste-ridden, allegedly khap panchayat-ruled state.

After May 16

Shekhar Gupta - April 12, 2014

Bid goodbye to the way things have been in India's politics. Whatever his tally finally, Narenda Modi will have risen as India’s preeminent political personality.

1984 won’t end

Shekhar Gupta - January 31, 2014

Rahul Gandhi's defensive 'I-didn’t-do-it, my grandmother was assassinated' response has brought a three-decade-old calamity back, centre stage in his most important election campaign yet.

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Topic: Congress

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