Indian National Congress
Political party and the largest opposition party in the Lok SabhaProfile
The Indian National Congress, also called Congress or INC, is one of India’s oldest political parties. It was founded on 28 December 1885 in Bombay, now Mumbai, at its first session held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College. Its headquarters are at Indira Bhawan on Kotla Marg in New Delhi.
Mallikarjun Kharge is the party president, elected in a vote held on 17 October 2022. Rahul Gandhi leads the party in the Lok Sabha as Leader of the Opposition. In the 2024 general election Congress won 99 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats, which makes it the largest opposition party in the House.
In November 2026 the party is in the news for hosting the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad on 13 and 14 November, which the BJP has criticised, as The Hans India reported. It is also preparing for the 2027 Uttarakhand Assembly election, where ANI reported that it plans to deploy Kharge, Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the campaign.
Sources: Wikipedia, inc.in, The Hans India.
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