Congress party

Cultural  

1. A political party in India, formally the Indian National Congress, established in the late nineteenth century. It was the party of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. After India achieved independence from Britain in 1947, the Congress party dominated India's politics for two decades.

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Example Sentences

Scrawled on its spine were the words "Collections of Photographs of Old Congress Party- K. L. Nursey."

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"About 5kg of gold has been stolen," Congress party's VD Satheesan, who is the leader of the opposition in the state legislative assembly, told the BBC.

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Oli took over in July 2024, his fourth time in office, with the backing of the Nepali Congress Party.

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Manish Tewari, an MP of India's main opposition Congress party, called the move "totally unexpected".

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In 2019, he was appointed the governor of West Bengal state where he was often at loggerheads with the state government, run by the Trinamool Congress party.

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