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

Born to a lower middle class family in Kolkata, Banerjee entered politics through the student wing of the Congress party.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Another AI-generated video that circulated on TikTok purported to show Gagan Thapa, leader of the Nepali Congress party, urging voters to back a rival party.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The protests toppled Marxist leader KP Sharma Oli's government, in which Thapa's centrist Nepali Congress party had the biggest share of seats.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

"Have we opened the doors to third-party mediation? The Indian National Congress would like to ask if diplomatic channels between India and Pakistan are being reopened," said the Congress party spokesman Jairam Ramesh.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

Among people outside of Congress party lines were more commonly broken than in the Senate, and members of that body were deluged with petitions and correspondence for and against ratification.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell