Congress

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political party

Congress is a major Indian political party, historically associated with the country’s independence movement and long periods of governance after 1947.

Aliases (1)

Indian National Congress ×46

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political party →
abbreviation	INC →
allianceMembership	United Progressive Alliance →
country	India →
electoralCommissionStatus	national party in India →
foundedBy	Allan Octavian Hume → Dadabhai Naoroji → Dinshaw Wacha →
governedCountry	India →
governedPeriod	long periods after 1947 →
hasStudentWing	National Students' Union of India →
hasWing	Seva Dal →
hasWomenWing	All India Mahila Congress →
hasYouthWing	Indian Youth Congress →
headquartersLocation	New Delhi →
historicalStatus	dominant party in Indian politics for decades after independence →
ideology	Indian nationalism → centre-left politics → secularism → social democracy →
involvedIn	Indian independence movement →
languageOfName	English →
nativeName	Indian National Congress →
nativeNameLanguage	en →
notableLeader	Indira Gandhi → Jawaharlal Nehru → Mahatma Gandhi → Manmohan Singh → P. V. Narasimha Rao → Rahul Gandhi → Rajiv Gandhi → Sonia Gandhi → Subhas Chandra Bose → Vallabhbhai Patel NERFINISHED →
opposes	Bharatiya Janata Party →
participatesIn	Indian general elections →
partyColor	tricolour (saffron, white, green) →
partySymbol	right hand with palm facing front →
politicalPosition	centre-left →
producedOfficeHolder	Prime Minister of India →
roleInHistory	leading organization in the Indian independence movement →
shortName	Congress NERFINISHED →
supportsPolicy	mixed economy → welfare state →
supportsPrinciple	federalism in India → parliamentary democracy →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Indian National Congress → Indian National Congress →	alsoKnownAs