All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), also referred to as Mahila Congress, is the women's wing of the
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 Em ...
(INC). The most recent President was
Sushmita Dev who left office in 2021. Currently Netta D'Souza heads the All India Mahila Congress as its acting president appointed on 17 August 2021 by Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi.
History
An early high point for the organisation was a conference held in
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
in mid-1984 attended by
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
,
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...
, and 30,000 delegates.
Organisation
The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) is split into regional branches designated as
Pradesh
Pradesh refers to a province or territory in various South Asian languages. It derives from the Sanskrit प्रदेश ''pradeśa'', meaning "sub-region" or "sub-country". The same word was borrowed into:
* Thai as ประเทศ ''prath ...
Mahila Congress (State Women's Congress) which represents the AIMC in the
states and union territories of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
. The AIMC consists of the card–holding women members of the
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 Em ...
which elects the executive committee and state president of each of the PMCCs.
List of presidents
General Secretary
In October 2015
Nagma
Nagma Arvind Morarji (born Nandita Arvind Morarji on 25 December 1974) is an Indian politician and former actress. She was a popular lead actress in the 1990s. She made her cinematic debut in the film '' Baaghi'' opposite Salman Khan in 1990. ...
, who was previously a film actress, was appointed to the office General Secretary. In January 2019 INC president
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi ( ; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president of ...
appointed
Apsara Reddy as National General Secretary, Reddy being noted as the first
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through tr ...
office holder in the AIMC.
In March 2020,
Aiyshwarya Mahadev was appointed its National Secretary.
In August 2021, Netta D'Souza was appointed its National President.
See also
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Indian Youth Congress
The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. While p ...
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National Students' Union of India
The National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress), was established on 9 April 1971. The organisation was founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Benga ...
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External links
Official website
Women's wings of political parties in India
1984 establishments in India
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