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The president of the party has effectively been the party's national leader, head of the party's organisation, head of the Working Committee, the chief spokesman, and all chief Congress committees. After the party's foundation in December 1885, Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee became its first president. From 1885 to 1933, the presidency had a term of ...
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge (Kannada: [malːikaːrd͡ʒun kʰɐrɡe]; born 21 July 1942) is an Indian lawyer and politician serving as the President of the Indian National Congress since 2022, and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since 2021.
Since Indira Gandhi formed Congress (I) in 1978, the President of the Indian National Congress has effectively been the party's national leader, head of the organisation, head of the Working Committee and all chief Congress committees, chief spokesman, and Congress' choice for Prime Minister of India. Constitutionally, the president is elected ...
Party President of the Indian National Congress from 2017-19 - 84th AICC Plenary Session, New Delhi. Rahul Gandhi is a four-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, and has represented the people of Wayanad, Kerala since 2019. Previously, he was the Member of Parliament from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh from 2004 to 2019.
Ananda Mohan Bose. 14th Session Madras, Romesh Chunder Dutt. 15th Session Lucknow, N.G. Chandavarkar. 16th Session Lahore, Mrs. Sarojini Naidu. 40th Session Cawnpore, Indian National Congress - Past Party Presidents.
Jul 20, 2021 · The present President of the INC is Rahul Gandhi, son of Former President Sonia Gandhi. The Nehru-Gandhi legacy has percolated to the party’s top leadership even today. The Congress has won General Elections a number of times in the country. The 2009 elections made the Congress form the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
Sep 14, 2023 · Sonia Gandhi holds the record for the longest presidency, serving over twenty years from 1998 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2022. On October 17, 2022, Mallikarjun Kharge was elected president, winning against Shashi Tharoor. The Congress President List is among the most important topics for the UPSC IAS exam.
Jul 1, 2024 · While campaigning to regain power in May 1991, he was assassinated by a suicide bomber associated with the Tamil Tigers, a separatist group in Sri Lanka. He was succeeded as party leader by P.V. Narasimha Rao, who was elected prime minister in June 1991. Indian National Congress, broadly based political party of India.
Oct 19, 2022 · India’s opposition Congress party elected a former minister on Wednesday as its first president in 24 years not from the Gandhi dynasty, in an effort to reverse its electoral decline amid the...
Oct 19, 2022 · Mr Kharge, 80, a parliamentarian from the southern Karnataka state, won with nearly 8,000 votes while Mr Tharoor, 66, polled slightly more than 1,000, Madhusudan Mistry, the chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority, said on Wednesday.
