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Later in the year, the Congress party president, S. Nijalingappa, expelled her from the party for indiscipline. [52] [53] Mrs. Gandhi as a counter-move launched her own faction of the INC. It was also known as Congress (R). [a] The original party then came to be known as Indian National Congress (O).
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 regional party elites, who formed the INC(O), stood for a more right-wing agenda, and distrusted Soviet help. [ 9 ] In the 1971 general election , the Indian National Congress (O) won about 10% of the vote and 16 Lok Sabha seats, against 44% of the vote and 352 seats for Indira's Indian National Congress (R).
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 1957: 2nd Lok Sabha: 4,906,074: 37-- 1962: 3rd Lok Sabha: 5,711,263: 34-43 1967: 4th Lok Sabha
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. [3] After the party's foundation in December 1885, Womesh Chandra Banerjee became its first president. From 1885 to 1933, the presidency had a term ...
Since India gained independence in 1947, the Indian National Congress (INC) has seen a number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway organisations have survived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political parties.
History doesn’t bode well for this strategy. When Obama alienated Republicans at the beginning of his administration, it signaled the beginning of the end for him as a compromiser and dealmaker.
The Congress Party's Working Committee, or national leadership was arrested all together and imprisoned at the Ahmednagar Fort. They also banned the party altogether. All the major leaders of the INC were arrested and detained. As the masses were leaderless the protest took a violent turn.