Indian National Congress (Organisation)
Indian National Congress (Organisation) | |
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Abbreviation | INC(O) |
Leader | Leaders |
Founded | 1969 |
Dissolved | 1977 |
Split from | Centre-right[3] |
National affiliation | Janata Morcha |
Colours | Turquoise |
Election symbol | |
Woman spinning wheel | |
The Indian National Congress (Organisation) also known as Congress (O) or Syndicate/Old Congress was a political party in India formed when the Congress party split following the expulsion of Indira Gandhi.
On 12 November 1969, the Prime Minister of India
INC(O) led governments in
The split can in some ways be seen as a
In the 1971 general election, the Indian National Congress (O) won about 10% of the vote and 16 Lok Sabha seats, against 44% of the vote and 352 seats for Indira's Indian National Congress (R). In March 1977, the party fought the post-Emergency election under the banner of Janata Party.
The Janata Party alliance inflicted crushing defeat to Indira's Congress Party. Nevertheless, the total vote share of Congress (O) in 1977 was almost halved from 1971 and they lost three seats. Later the same year, INC(O) formally merged with the
Leaders
- Morarji Desai
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- S. Nijalingappa
- K. Kamaraj
- S. K. Patil
- Hitendra K Desai
- Veerendra Patil
- C. M. Poonacha
- Atulya Ghosh
- Satyendra Narayan Sinha
- Chandra Bhanu Gupta
- P. M. Nadagouda
- Ashoka Mehta
- Tribhuvan Narain Singh
- Ram Subhag Singh
- B. D. Sharma
See also
- Indian National Congress breakaway parties
- Indian National Congress
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- All India Trinamool Congress
- Aam Aadmi Party
Notes
- ^ Paul, Sudeep (28 August 2020). "Crisis and the Congress". Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- S2CID 158365025.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (6 October 2017). "How Gujarat Congress embraced conservatism: The story of MK Gandhi, Indulal Yagnik and Sardar Patel". Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ISBN 0-14-027825-7, p.236
- ^ Singh, Kuldip (11 April 1995). "OBITUARY: Morarji Desai". The Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2009.