Congress (Jagjivan) was a
political party
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in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. It was formed in August 1981, after
Jagjivan Ram
Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was instrumental in the foundation of the ''All India Depressed Classes League'', an organisation dedicated ...
resigned from the
Indian National Congress (Urs).
Ram had rallied an All India Congress Committee (U) meeting of his own, expelling party leader
Devraj Urs from the party. As a direct consequence Ram was expelled from Congress (U).
[Andersen, Walter K.. ''India in 1981: Stronger Political Authority and Social Tension'', published in Asian Survey, Vol. 22, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1981: Part II (Feb., 1982), pp. 119-135]
The party maintained a small presence in the
Indian Parliament
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but dissolved after Ram's death in 1986.
References
Indian National Congress breakaway groups
Defunct political parties in India
Political parties established in 1981
1981 establishments in India
Political parties disestablished in 1986
1986 disestablishments in India
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