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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.

Battle of 2 parties — glimpses from rallies held by Congress chief Kharge & PM Modi in Gujarat

Praveen Jain -
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge spoke at public gatherings in Bapunagar & Dediyapada in poll-bound state Sunday, while PM Modi addressed BJP supporters in Netrang, Kheda & Surat.

Ghulam Nabi Azad has some advice for his former party — ‘first Congress jodo, then Bharat jodo’

Amogh Rohmetra -
In an interview with ThePrint, former CM of J&K talks about settling into his role as president of Democratic Azad Party, how he’s nobody’s B-team & how Article 370 isn't ‘bad’.

Amit Malviya questions Rahul’s temple visit after being trolled for ‘scientific’ aarti tweet

Unnati Sharma -
BJP leader wonders whether temple run is due to poll compulsion after minority politics failed to deliver results. Earlier, he & Smriti Irani mocked Rahul over his visit to Ujjain.

After Himanta’s ‘Saddam’ jibe at Rahul, Urdu press praises Iraqi dictator, calls him ‘tall leader’

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

‘No-nonsense, consultative’ style & a cap on ‘darshans’ — Kharge’s 1st month as Congress chief

Abantika Ghosh -
Mallikarjun Kharge has been holding review meetings with state delegations for the greater part of the month. He will tour Madhya Pradesh & poll-bound Gujarat in coming days.

A Gujarat gamble: A likely reason Rahul is not giving Modi a fight this assembly election

Shekhar Gupta -
I'd rather not buy idea that Rahul's holding his fire until 2024. More likely, Congress believes Karnataka offers best chance of winning a Gujarat-sized state if Gujarat is too challenging.

12 injured as Congress workers ‘attacked’ during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Tripura

PTI -
Hundreds of Congress workers were marching to Santir Bazar market in South Tripura district around 3.30 pm Friday when stones were hurled at them.

With Lachit Barphukan, BJP is giving a history lesson to Congress on how to remember icons

Seshadri Chari -
BJP's celebration of 17th century Assam warrior Lachit Barphukan stands in sharp contrast with Congress' selective glorification of historical figures.

Savarkar, Nehru, Bose: India belongs to no single ideology. No politician gets this today

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
Whether it is hatred for VD Savarkar or Nehru, the older generation of politicians, who understood that all ideologies deserve to be respected, are gone.

Enter Team Kharge — the 4 men who will be a ‘bridge’ between Congress & its new chief

Abantika Ghosh -
Nasir Hussain, Pranav Jha, Gurdeep Sappal & Gaurav Pandhi have been appointed as AICC coordinators who are meant to 'be a bridge' between the organisation and Mallikarjun Kharge.
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Defence

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

ThePrint Team -
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National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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