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Congress Core Group
The Congress Core Committee (also known as Congress Core Group) was a group of top politicians in the Indian National Congress party. It was chaired by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi. History It was formed in 2004 to help the UPA government. The first committee consisted of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, A. K. Antony, Arjun Singh and P. Chidambaram. The committee met every week to take stock of the situation and decide on important issues. The committee was finally dissolved in June 2019. The members In 2013, the committee had only 10 members *Sonia Gandhi - President of the Indian National Congress *Manmohan Singh - Former Prime Minister of India *A. K. Antony Former Defence Minister of India *P. Chidambaram *Ahmed Patel * Ghulam Nabi Azad * Ashok Gehlot *Randeep Surjewala * Jairam Ramesh *K. C. Venugopal K. C. Venugopal (born 4 February 1963) is an Indian politician who is a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha elected from Rajas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
