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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.

‘TMC did nothing for Darjeeling, BJP wasted 15 yrs’ — why Hamro Party’s backing Congress in LS polls

Sreyashi Dey -
While Congress hopes Ajoy Edwards-led Hamro Party will help it revive its fortune in Darjeeling, it could also benefit BJP if vote gets divided between INDIA bloc parties TMC & Congress.

‘We got seats we did not ask for’ — Congress leaders upset over Bihar seat-sharing deal with RJD

Dipak Mishra -
Congress leaders have alleged that RJD has dumped ‘unwinnable’ seats on the party while denying it constituencies where it could have better prospects. Party has been allocated 9 seats.

BJP ‘wants no competition’, was spooked by AAP-Congress tie-up — Urdu press on Kejriwal arrest

Heena Fatima -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Rajasthan Congress to protest against IT notices & freezing of party’s bank accounts today

PTI -
Congress Friday said it had received fresh notices from I-T department to pay Rs 1,823.08 cr. It also accused BJP of indulging in 'tax terrorism' ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

After fielding Scindia instead of KP Yadav from Guna, BJP ramps up efforts to secure Yadavs’ support

Iram Siddique -
At a sammelan for Yadav Community, CM Mohan Yadav spoke of how BJP has worked to uplift Yadavs. BJP's Jyotiraditya Scindia will face-off against Congress's Rao Yadvendra Singh in Guna.

Found myself in tears, sitting alone in metal container—Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra

Rahul Gandhi -
In 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', Rahul Gandhi writes about his initial days of initiating the padayatra.

CPI gets IT dept notice for Rs 11cr dues for using old PAN card while filing tax returns

PTI -
The sources said the ‘dues’ to be paid to the IT department include penalties and interest due to authorities for discrepancies in the use of an old PAN card by the party.

Fact Check: Rahul didn’t credit BJP with ‘uniting’ India, a speech he made in MP’s Morena was altered

ThePrint Team -
In original video uploaded on Congress's YouTube channel, which has been edited to make it appear as if Rahul Gandhi is praising BJP, he says, 'BJP's dividing one religion from another'.

Bittu makes it a baker’s dozen — how scions of former Congress CMs have flocked to BJP

Amogh Rohmetra -
Ravneet Bittu, grandson of slain Punjab CM Beant Singh, joined BJP Tuesday. ThePrint looks at 12 cases like Bittu's — scions of former Congress CMs switching to BJP after Modi became PM.

Congress releases 8th list of candidates ahead of Lok Sabha polls, lists four states

ANI -
The Congress released candidates' names for Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, fielding Rao Yadvendra Singh against BJP Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
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Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

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The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

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Economy

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

ThePrint Team -
The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Defence

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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