Congress (Jagjivan) was a political party in India. It was formed in August 1981, after Jagjivan Ram resigned from the

Indian National Congress (Urs) The Indian National Congress (U) was a breakaway faction of the Indira Gandhi-led Congress (I), formed in July 1979 by D. Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister of Karnataka. Urs' explanation of the split was the return of Indira's son Sanjay G ...

. Ram had rallied an All India Congress Committee (U) meeting of his own, expelling party leader

Devraj Urs Devaraj Devaraj Urs (20 August 1915 – 6 June 1982) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the eighth Chief Minister of Karnataka (1972–77, 1978–80), a state in southern India. He is also the longest serving Chief Minister of Ka ...

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 but dissolved after Ram's death in 1986.

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