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Party : Indian National Congress
Year of Foundation : 1885
Current Leader : Sonia Gandhi

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Indian National Congress Constitution :

“The object of the Indian National Congress is the well-being and advancement of the people of India and the establishment in India, by peaceful and constitutional means, of a Socialist State based on Parliamentary Democracy in which there is equality of opportunity and of political, economic and social rights and which aims at world peace and fellowship.”

Party Symbol : Hand

ACHIEVEMENTS :
Creating The Republic :
** Freedom Movement
** Our Constitution
** Commitment to Democracy
** Panchayati Raj
** Combating Corruption
** Lowering the Voting Age

Building An Equal India :
** Voting Rights for All
** Progressive Values
** Equal Economic Opportunity
** Building Social Equality
** Women’s Reservation

Bringing Prosperity :
** Temples of Modern India
** 5-year Plan
** Bank Nationalisation
** Green Revolution
** White Revolution
** Indiraji’s 20 Point Programme
** Economic Reforms
** Right Based Approach
** Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
** Food Security Act
** Land Acquisition Act
** Education
** Tribal Empowerment
** Aadhaar & DBT
** Healthcare
** Economic Growth
** FDI
** Power
** Roads, Rail and Air Transport
** Urban Development
** Nuclear Power

Strengthening the Nation :
** Secularism
** Unifying the Nation
** Fighting Internal Threats
** Empowering States
** Improving Internal Security

Promoting World Peace :
** Panchsheel and Non-Alignment
** Liberating Bangladesh

Youth Congress :

History of IYC :
Pre-Independence:
** Students very prominently and positively participated in the National Movement.
** This was very clearly evident in 1905,
** when students protested against Lord Curzon’s decision of the partition of Bengal.
** This also had echoes in Northern India where students came out in large numbers to participate in the freedom movement in spite of the fact that the Indian National Congress at that time did not have a political outfit for the youth of the country.
** From 1921 on wards, sporadic movements of young students started shaking the minds of the young people against English rule.
** A substantial part of this group undertook extreme revolutionary activities which then dominated the movement from 1925 on wards right up to 1942.
** The martyrs of the National movement like Khudiram bose in Bengal, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh etc. ignited the minds of students and youth across the country.
** During this period, youth groups were organized under different names, i.e. provincial Students Conference, Young India Forum, All Bengal Students Association, Central Provincial Youth Conference, and later the Students Congress.

Shaping of the Youth Congress:
** The actual shaping of the Youth Congress, in terms of flag, logo etc. actually took place after 1950 onwards and was initiated by Smt. Indira Gandhi followed by Sh. Ramlal Parik, Sh. Puran Singh Azad, Sh. K.V. Reddy, Sh. Brij Mohan Jain, Sh. Tulsidas Dasappa and in 1971 by myself.
** While tracing the history of the Youth Congress, we also find that Mr. Nariman, after whom the Nariman Point of present day Mumbai is named was deeply involved in Youth congress activities during the freedom movement.

Logo:
** The logo of the Youth Congress is the popular wheel which generates the power and strength, through which one can derive the dynamism for creation.

1950’s and 1960’s:
** Two major conferences of post-Independent India played a major part in shaping the Youth Congress structure.
** The first was the Tirupati session of the mid 1950’s and the second was the Panchmarhi session of the 1960’s.
** It was at Panchmarhi that the National Council and the National Advisory Committee came into being.
** The IYC Constitution was also drafted and adopted in this session.
** Prior to this, the Youth congress used to function through the AICC, as one of its constituent departments/cells.
** The Youth Cell used to coordinate Youth Congress and students’ activities throughout the country during this period.
** Between 1949 and 1962, the Youth Congress was mainly engaged in constructive work such as the co-operative movement, mass literacy campaign, fight against untouchability, spreading of primary education, and national level social, cultural and sports activities.
** In 1962, the Youth Congress played a great role on the patriotic front against the Chinese aggression.
** It was from 1965 that the Youth Congress took on a more directly political role, especially against the right-wing reactionary forces, ultimately culminating in the historic split of the Congress in 1969 led by Smt. Indira Gandhi.
** Gradually, the Youth Congress began to undertake activities such as tree plantation, anti-dowry campaign, anti-hoarding, anti-smuggling campaigns.

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