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Indian National Congress

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The Indian National Congress (Organisation) also known as Congress (O) or Syndicate/Old Congress was the rightist faction of Indian National Congress formed when the party split following the expulsion of Indira Gandhi. It was registered as a political party in 1969. Following the 1969 split, Congress (O) was one of the two rival camps claiming to represent the Indian National Congress. The rival Congress (R) camp was subsequently recognised as the Indian National Congress, leaving Congress (O) to continue as a separate political party before later merging with other opposition parties to form the Janata Party.

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“Mr Gandhi had become a positive danger to this country. He had choked all free-thought. He was holding together the Congress, which is a combination of all the bad and selfseeking elements in society who agreed on no social or moral principle governing the life of society except the one of praising and flattering Mr Gandhi. Such a body is unfit to govern a country.”
— B. R. Ambedkar, in Letters of Ambedkar, p. 205.
“If India is computer, Congress is its default program.”
— Rahul Gandhi. If India is computer, Cong is its default program: Rahul Gandhi, Times of India, Times of India
“In the present configuration, the drift to authoritarianism can only come from the Congress apparatus.”
— Gerard Heuze, Ou va l'Inde moderne. p 65ff. also quoted in Elst, K. (2010). The saffron swastika: The notion of "Hindu fascism". p 713-4

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Indian National Congress: centrist-liberal political party in India

Notable quotes

“Mr Gandhi had become a positive danger to this country. He had choked all free-thought. He was holding together the Congress, which is a combination of all the bad and selfseeking elements in society who agreed on no social or moral principle governing the life of society except the one of praising and flattering Mr Gandhi. Such a body is unfit to govern a country.”
— B. R. Ambedkar, in Letters of Ambedkar, p. 205.
“If India is computer, Congress is its default program.”
— Rahul Gandhi. If India is computer, Cong is its default program: Rahul Gandhi, Times of India, Times of India
“In the present configuration, the drift to authoritarianism can only come from the Congress apparatus.”
— Gerard Heuze, Ou va l'Inde moderne. p 65ff. also quoted in Elst, K. (2010). The saffron swastika: The notion of "Hindu fascism". p 713-4

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Overview

The Indian National Congress (Organisation) also known as Congress (O) or Syndicate/Old Congress was the rightist faction of Indian National Congress formed when the party split following the expulsion of Indira Gandhi. It was registered as a political party in 1969. Following the 1969 split, Congress (O) was one of the two rival camps claiming to represent the Indian National Congress. The rival Congress (R) camp was subsequently recognised as the Indian National Congress, leaving Congress (O) to continue as a separate political party before later merging with other opposition parties to form the Janata Party.

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