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2 unusual facts about Congress Party


Congress Party

YSR Congress Party, a regional political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India

Tughlaq Road

Rahul Gandhi, Vice President of the Congress Party, is reported to have a "residence-cum-office" located at 12, Tughlaq Lane.


Alan Gomme-Duncan

Gomme-Duncan spoke from experience in late 1946 when he opposed independence for India, contending that the Congress Party consisted of "moneylenders and landlords" who did not recognise their responsibilities to the peasants, while the British were the only people for 200 years who protected the "toiling masses".

Communalism Combat

In a 1999 interview, Javed Anand said that before the 1999 Lok Sabha elections Communalism Combat requested and received funds from the Congress Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India and ten individuals to run advertisements attacking the Sangh Parivar and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Dabhol Power Company

In 1996 when India's Congress Party was no longer in power, the Indian government assessed the project as being excessively expensive and refused to pay for the plant and stopped construction.

Gangu Teli

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, and a member of the right-wing Hindu nationalist BJP party, belongs to the Teli caste; a remark by Congress Party's Ghulam Nabi Azad, rephrasing Modi's Prime Ministerial ambitions in the light of the ancient quip "Kahan Raja Bhoj, kahan Gangu Teli" has drawn denunciations of casteism by the BJP.

Godabarish Mishra

Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Gopabandhu Das, he joined the Congress party and was a member of the Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) of the Orissa Legislative Assembly.

Hyderabad Urban Development Authority

Its first Chairperson was Sarojini Poula Reddy, a Congress Party Member of the State Assembly.

Nido Pavitra

Nido Pavitra is an Congress Party MLA and Parliamentary Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department of Arunachal Pradesh, India.


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Ber Sarai

This constituency has been the battleground of two candidates over the years: Ramesh Kumar of the Congress (I), who replaced his brother Sajjan Kumar (a senior leader of congress party and ex Member of Parliament) and Sher Singh Dagar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

C. D. Deshmukh

He later married Durgabai Deshmukh who was a childless widow, a freedom fighter, and a member of the Congress Party.

G. Vivekanand

G. Vivek is the youngest son of veteran Congress party member and former Member of Parliament G. Venkataswamy and Kalavathi.

George Jivajirao Scindia

Madhavrao's son, Jyotiraditya Scindia, also a member of the Congress Party, was elected in 2002 to the seat formerly held by his father.

Govindrao Adik

Expressing discontent about senior party members being isolated by the INC, in a letter to the United Progressive Alliance Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, Govindrao Adik resigned from the Congress Party membership on the February 29 to join the NCP.

Hindustan Times

The Delhi-based English daily Hindustan Times is part of the KK Birla group and managed by Shobhana Bhartia, Rajya Sabha member of Congress party and daughter of the industrialist KK Birla and granddaughter of GD Birla.

Jagadeeshwar Goud

His father’s brother late Dr Mallikarjun was a former Union Minister and PCC President for Andhra Pradesh having worked in the congress party still his last breath.Jagadeeshwar was declared elected as CORPORATOR from Hafeezpet, Serilingampally on 25/11/09.

On 26 November 2009, Jagadeeshwar was declared as Corporator from Hafeezpet Serilingampally constituency winning the elections with a landslide majority, making Congress party a stronghold at Serilingampally.

Jan Satyagraha 2012

Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Rural Development, Government of India, Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Member of Parliament from the Congress Party and Rajagopal P. V., president of Ekta Parishad, made speeches.

K. B. S. Mani

He was one of the two winners in 1957 election, the other being C. Muthiah Pillai from the Congress party.

Konda Surekha

She is contesting in by-polls to be held on 12 June 2012 from Parkal assembly constituency as YSR Congress Party candidate.

Koneru

Koneru Ranga Rao (1936–2010), Indian politician of the Congress party

Maharaj Ji

Satpal Maharaj (born 1951), member of the lower house of the Parliament of India for the Indian National Congress party

Politics of Andhra Pradesh

After YSR's death, Reddy's son Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ("Jagan") split with the Congress party on 29 November 2010 and announced on 7 December 2010 from Pulivendula that he would be starting a new party.

Pramod

Pramod Tiwari - an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party

Shanta Vasisht

Vasisht stood as the Congress Party candidate in the Kotla Feroze Shah constituency.

Sridhar Babu

Riding high on a sympathy wave,Sridhar Babu won on the Congress ticket from Manthani in the 1999 elections though his Congress party was relegated to sitting in the opposition.He defeated his nearest Telugu Desam Party Rival C. Rami Reddy by a margin of over 15,000 votes

Tom Mboya

In 1960, Mboya's People's Congress Party joined with Kenya African Union and Kenya Independent Movement to form the Kenya African National Union (KANU) in an attempt to form a party that would both transcend tribal politics and prepare for participation in the Lancaster House Conference (held at Lancaster House in London) where Kenya's constitutional framework and independence were to be negotiated.

Vikas Upadhyay

A strong believer in the ideology of the Congress party, he has dedicated himself in bringing the economic reforms for the poor and working for the "Aam Aadmi" of the country.

Vilas Muttemwar

Praful Patel is Member of Parliament from Nationalist Congress Party NCP.

YSR Congress Party

YSR Congress leaders P. Subhash Chandra Bose from Ramachandrapuram constituency of East Godavari district and Konda Surekha from Parakala constituency of Warangal district, both ministers in the YSR cabinet, had switched to YSR Congress party but lost their races.