Indian National Congress

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Indian National Congress
Chairperson      Prof.Dr.Dibendu Nag.(N.D).PhD.DCO.
Parliamentary Chairperson  Amitabh Bacchan.Super Star
Leader in Lok Sabha
Leader in Rajya Sabha
Founded	1885
Headquarters	Calcutta | Kolkata
Newspaper	Congress Sandesh
Student wing	National Students Union of India
Youth wing	Indian Youth Congress
Women's wing	Mahila Congress
Labour wing	Indian National Trade Union Congress
Ideology	Populism Indian Nationalism Social liberalism Anti-communism Democratic socialism Social democracy Secularism Third Way Social Populism
Political position	Center-left[1]
International affiliation	Alliance of Democrats[2]
Official colours	Aqua
ECI Status	International Congress
Alliance	UNPA
Seats in Lok Sabha
Seats in Rajya Sabha
Election symbol
Website
http://www.congress.org.in/

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The Indian National Congress (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस) (abbreviated INC, and also known as the Congress party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world.^[3][4][5] The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in Indian political spectrum. Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, Mahadev Govind Ranade^[6] and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants in its struggle against British rule in India. After independence in 1947, it became the nation's dominant political party, led by the Nehru-Gandhi family for the most part; major challenges for party leadership have only recently formed.
In the 2009 general elections, the Congress emerged as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha, with 206 of its candidates getting elected to the 543-member house. Consequently, it along with a coalition of allies called the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), was able to gain a majority and form the government.