Congress Core Committee
The Congress Core Committee (also known as Congress Core Group) was a group of top politicians in the Indian National Congress party.[1][2][3] It was chaired by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi.
History
[edit]It was formed in 2004 to help the UPA government.[4] The first committee consisted of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, A. K. Antony, Arjun Singh and P. Chidambaram.[5] The committee met every week to take stock of the situation and decide on important issues. The committee was finally dissolved in June 2019. [6]
The members
[edit]In 2013, the committee had only 10 members
- Sonia Gandhi - President of the Indian National Congress
- Manmohan Singh - Former Prime Minister of India
- A. K. Antony Former Defence Minister of India
- P. Chidambaram
- Ahmed Patel
- Ghulam Nabi Azad
- Ashok Gehlot
- Randeep Surjewala
- Jairam Ramesh
- K. C. Venugopal
References
[edit]- ^ Congress Core Committee to take final call on Telangana
- ^ Congress working committee to take final call on Telangana: Botsa Satyanarayana
- ^ Congress core group meets to discuss RTI amendments, Telangana Archived 2013-07-20 at archive.today
- ^ "Manipur: Govt thinks twice, and some more". 16 August 2004.
- ^ "Tehelka - the People's Paper". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Rahul will remain our chief, say Congress leaders". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
