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The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
The Congress stood firm on its fundamental promises and delivered a Constitution that abolished untouchability and discrimination based on caste, religion or gender. Primary education was made a right, and Congress governments made the zamindar system illegal, created minimum wages and authorized the right to strike and form labor unions.
As of 8 February 2025, NDA have government in 19 States and 2 Union Territories. INDIA bloc have government in 8 States and 1 union Territories. Other one party ZPM , which is not part of any alliance has government in Mizoram state.
The Interim Government of India was formed on 2 September 1946 from the newly elected Constituent Assembly. The Indian National Congress held a large majority in the Assembly, with 69 percent of all of the seats, while the Muslim League held almost all of the seats reserved in the Assembly for Muslims.
In the post-independence era, the party has governed most of India's states and union territories, and by extension, has the status of a "national party" in India. [4] According to the Constitution of India, at the state level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. [5]
Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) was created in 1969; it was created and led by Indira Gandhi. The then unified Indian National Congress was split, with the other part being Indian National Congress (O). The letter 'R' stands for 'Requisition'. [6]
The Congress and its United Progressive Alliance won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, Manmohan Singh serving as prime minister between 2004 and 2014. [19] The BJP won the 2014 Indian general election, and its parliamentary leader Narendra Modi formed the first non-Congress single-party majority government. [20]
The CWC is headed by the party president, who is elected by the members of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the party's central governing body. Mahatma Gandhi attends a Congress Working Committee meeting at Anand Bhavan, Allahabad; Vallabhbhai Patel to the left, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit to the right, January 1940.