Congress President Election: The Most Focused Scenario

The current election is going on for the Indian national congress presidential election, where it will be decided who will be the next president of the Indian national congress. The election will take place on October 17, 2022, and the votes will be counted on the day that is October 17, 2022. The election was activated by the resignation of Rahul Gandhi as the party leader on August 10, 2019.

However, the party’s committee,  the (AICC) All India Congress Committee, elected past President Sonia Gandhi as interim President. Due to the pandemic situation, the election was delayed until 2022. Rahul Gandhi was elected without exception in 2017.

But due to his poor performance in the Indian general election in 2019, Gandhi resigned from the party. After that Sonia Gandhi was decided to be an Interim Congress President. The mother of Rahul Gandhi is Sonia Gandhi. The news report says that Rahul Gandhi will not be contesting the election. Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh stated that Rahul Gandhi would not file the contest nomination. Rahul Gandhi further says that no Gandhi member will participate in the election.

Congress President Election: Highlights of Current Situation

Now it is being reported that Shashi Tharoor is eager to run the post. At the same time, the reports say that Ashok Gehlot was interested in dining the post. Both Ashok and Tharoor ensure that they will run the party. They both decided to file the nomination. Further, the reports emerged that Digvijay Singh is also interested in competing for the post. Further Mallikarjun Kharge is the great competitor. Singh started gathering signatures from the members of the party for nominations. During this procedure, a few party members sail to Delhi to support various candidates. The 28th report says that Digvijaya Singh was interested in running the post.

The short-term Sonia Gandhi will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Thursday, reports a top Congress Leader. On Monday, she will reach Karnataka and stay two days in Kodagu resort before participating in the yatra. General secretary of AICC Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will join her on Friday at Mandya district. A contest for its major post has put the spotlight on Congress. About 8,000 frontmen will vote on October 17 to elect a new head for the party. The hold for rein for the party emerged because of Rahul Gandhi’s refusal, which has placed the activity in motion. Mr. Gandhi declared that he would not contest the election, nor could Sonia Gandhi continue as President. Further, he added that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also could not contest.

Congress President Election: Story of The Past

The Indian National Congress (INC) a Congress party informally, or we can simply say Congress is a political party in India with extensive roots. It was founded in 1885. It was the initial National Movement to appear in the British Empire in Africa and Asia. From the late 19th century, mostly after 1920, under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership, the Congress set off as the Chief Leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The Congress ushered India to Independence from the United Kingdom. And significantly determined other anti-colonial rational movements in the British empire. Due to its long-lasting history, Congress is known as the ‘Grand Old Party.

The party’s first Prime Minister was Jawaharlal Nehru. He led Congress to support socialist policies by creating the Planning Commission by introducing a Five-Year plan. After the death of Nehru and the short tenure of Shastri, Indira Gandhi became the party’s leader. Congress has won the majority on seven occurrences and has led the ruling alliance further three times. Heading the Central government for more than 54 years.

The Initial Years of The Congress

The beginning of the 20th century sees complete constant opposition from the British government. The party decided to be the exponent in favour of the Independence movement. It allows for a new political system where the Congress will play a major party, including several major public figures. Those are Dadabhai Naoroji, an associate of the sister Indian National Association. He was elected as the President of the party in 1886. And also included Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, and Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Jinnah was an associate of the moderate group in Congress. He was in support of Hindu-Muslim unity in accomplishing self-government. Later he was the leader of the Muslim league.

Congress: An Extensive Movement

During 1917-1918, Mahatma Gandhi involved himself in three struggles called- Champaran Satyagraha, Kheda Satyagraha and Ahmedabad Mill strike. Party became associated with Gandhi after the First World War. He remained the icon and spiritual leader. The rise of Gandhi and his satyagraha art of revolution led the support from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, and many more. Gandhi’s popularity and the party’s purpose of eradicating untouchability, ethnic division and religious, and poverty, Congress become a dynamic and dominant group.

Purna Swaraj declared the party’s goal on January 26, 1930 as Purna Swaraj Diwas (Independence Day). Subash Chandra Bose, the elected President of Congress in both 1938 and 1939, resigned from the party on the selection of the Working Committee. Congress is known as an umbrella organization sheltering traditionalists, radical socialists, and Muslim conservatives. Mahatma Gandhi expelled all the socialist groupings.

Congress Set of the Post-Independence

The first General Election was held after the Independence in 1952. Under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi, the party won a gigantic victory in the 1984 General Election. Nonetheless, losing to the National Front in an election held in 1989. On social issues, the party promotes equal opportunity, Right to Help, Civil Liberty and Welfare of weaker sections in support of the mixed economy. Sonia Gandhi is the longest in service of the Congress party.

The Great Deeds of Jawaharlal Nehru and Shashtri

Jawaharlal Nehru was the uppermost leader of the Congress party. He believed the initiation of the basic and heavy industry was society’s main development and modernisation. Nehru accepted socialistic economic practices, secularism, and non-aligned and non confrontational foreign policy that become the model of the modern congress party.

As Prime Minister Shastri maintained most of Nehru’s Council of Ministers. Shastri appointed Swaran Singh to succeed him as External Affairs Minister. He also appointed Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. Shastri continued the policy of non-alignment. He built close relationships with Soviet Union. Shastri became a national hero succeeding the Indo Pakistan war in 1965. His slogan “Jai jawan Jai Kisan,” became very famous during the war.

The Flourishing of The Indira Gandhi Era

As a counter blow, Ms Indira Gandhi launched her faction of the INC., known as Congress (R). Her faction congress (R) was supported by most MPs. 65 MPs supported the original party. 446 of 705 members of All India Congress Party walk side by Indira Gandhi. This created a belief that the real Congress was Indira’s Congress. Gandhi-led committee was successful in eliminating poverty, (Garibi Hatao).

INC: The Major Part of the Country

Congress leaders urged Sonia Gandhi, the widow of Rajiv Gandhi, to take the party’s leadership. Sonia Gandhi struggled to rejuvenate the party in her past years as its President. She was under continuous surveillance for her foreign birth and lack of political insight. Gandhi began to make strategic changes by deserting the party’s 1998 Pachmarhi resolution of Ekla Chalo Policy and forming an association with like-minded parties.

What was the Story of Sitaram Kesri?

While making Ashok Gehlot as Congress President triggered a crisis, removing Sitaraman Kesri was a big deal. Here is the story of 1998 violent and what has happened. And after forming the party. March morning date 14 1998 was a very pleasurable day. Those present in the AICC headquarters at 24 Delhi, Akbar road deceived frigidness.

Insult of Sitaram Kesri

When Sitaram Kesri Congress President entered the Congress Working Committee (CWC). No one stood up to greet him. Kesri’s face became red hot when Pranab Mukherjee thanked him for his services and made an intention, asking Sonia Gandhi to be the AICC President. Kesri stood up and left for his office rejecting all the convincing. Some reports says that Kesri was locked inside the bathroom till Sonia Gandhi became Congress President.

Later that day

When Kesri was leaving, some Congress youth workers taunted him and tried to pull his dhoti. Removing Kesri from the post was much unceremonious and dramatic. Between Kesri was the one who encouraged the fella backward class Congress leader.

We were talking about Kesri; there are certain linkages we cannot ignore. The story of the 1998 bloodless takeover and what had happened before and after underline the difficulties the Congress has had with the Presidents of Non-Gandhi in recent years. Why does Kesri have to be removed? The answer lies in what has happened after he became the President.

Subhash and Gandhi Dispute in Tripuri

Bose met with two representatives of the German Nazi party in December 1938. The British government was eager to take an interest in the Axis powers and develop the Gandhi Bose conflict. Bose said to the Nazis that the Hitler government should stop insulting Indians. In India, Nazis were not have a soft spot because of their deeds of extinguishing democracy and eradicating socialist ideas.

The Conflict

In 1939 Congress met an anniversary session at Tripuri near Jabalpur. Earlier that session, Bose fell ill. Just before February 20-21, a meeting of the Congress Committee was held in Wardha. Bose gave a telegram to postpone the meeting till the annual session.

He also sent a telegram to Gandhi to nominate the working committee as he wished. But weirdly, Gandhi did not suggest any name. The telegram hurt the Congressmen. They state that it demonstrates the Subhash Chandra Bose dictatorial ambition. A result Patel and other Congressmen resigned from the working committee.

Previously Bose had declared Gandhi of having a low intellectual level. The members of Congress want to Bose to apologize. But he refused. Subhash was brought to footpace on a stretcher. Such was a disastrous divide between Gandhi and Subhash.

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