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The Indian National Congress being known is India as the oldest political party and as the principal political in the country had their share of up and downs. And as any great political party would always have are controversies people could think of in order to destroy any political party. This article focuses on the different controversies that surrounded the group in their long reign in India.

            During the 1900, Mahatma Gandhi, the spiritual leader of the group was killed by an unknown assassin. Later which during the 1947 the assassinator was then known as Nathuram Godse who was believed to be Maharashtrian Brahmin, led to the belief that some of the members of the Congress party ordered the killing of many Maharashtrian Brahmins on a massive scale. Another was the controversial period of India were the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi refused to resign her position due to the alleged malpractice that she did. The people also saw her as an authoritarian who gave most of the power to her party members and she also decreed the President’s rule over the country for two times. The president then who was Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed declared a State of Emergency due to the political turmoil and the chaos within the people of India. Lastly was the massacre of the Sikh due to the Sikh bodyguards of Indira Gandhi who assassinated her. It was believed that some of the members of the party ignited the anti-Sikh riots which led to the death of thousands of Sikhs.

Each political party who has been able to withstand storms and hails brought about great men in the country, and thru those great men were they able to be trusted and followed by the citizens of the country. A party who was able to last for many years would also hold with it wisdom and strength that would give them the fighting power to properly run every elections with a winning team.

The Indian National Congress, being a well-known political party were able to produce many great prime ministers whom did a great change on the country and who were seen as an icon not just by their party but the citizens of the country themselves. Some of which were Jawaharlal Nehru, who was the first prime minister of India after the gained independence from the British colonizers. He ruled from 1947 until 1964. Next to him was Gulzarilal Nanda who ruled from May to June 1964 and January of 1966. Next to him is Lal Bahadur Shastri who became Prime Minister from 1964 until 1966. Who was followed by the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Ghandi who ruled from 1966 until 1977 and from 1980 until 1984; next to her was her own son Rajiv Gandhi who was Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989. This was followed by P.V Narasimha Rao who ruled from 1991 until 1996. Last was Manmohan Singh who ruled from 2004 up to present who is led by the Congress party’s leader Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. 

Just like any political party, each one of them has an icon they kept them intact, an icon that they followed in order to achieve their goal. A single man who gave the party a strength to move forward even if their main goal was already thru in order to continuously attain the peace that they longed for before they fought for independence.

            For the Indian National Congress, that man is Jawaharlal Nehru who instead of breaking the group after attaining national independence was strong enough to continue the group in order the guide the people from the shaken nationalism that they just had after fighting off the British rule. Some believed including the famous Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel that the Congress party should break right after achieving their main goal. But since the Indian National Congress party was already in the forefront of independence, they already became the principal political party and with that in mind and the strength and power that the party already holds; they can continue to rule and guide the people of India to prevent chaos and to bring back the economic, spiritual, and industrial stability in the country. Nehru became a leader whom everyone respected that even after the death of Mahatma Ghandi and Sardar Pater, he was still a respected and renowned leader of the INC. He has helped in training and choosing the next rulers of the country who helped in bringing back the peace and prosperity that India always hoped for. 

Indian Politics started even before British colonizers gave back the land to the Indians, and as we all know, colonizers stay for hundreds of years in order to use the resources of the country that they are colonizing, and only thru forceful means would they let the citizens of the country rule the country and give back its independence. In India, this is all too well to be remembered because of the organization that helped them gain independence and is still around fighting for the rights of the citizens until present.

            Indian National Congress in short INC or the Congress party was and is still currently the biggest and most renowned political party in India. The Indian Congress was founded by several people, who was politically known in India before, namely: William Wedderbum, Womesh Chandra Bonerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Allan Octavian Hume, Monomohun Ghose, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha in 1885. This political party is currently the ruling party in India who was and is still ruled by the family of Nehru-Gandhi. The Indian National Congress is the party that helped India gain back their independence in 1947 from the British colonizers. The Congress party has done a lot for India for the past years, and they have helped India fight against poverty and for a better education in the country. The Indian National Congress’ current president is Mrs. Sonia Gandhi who led the party to win in the general elections last 2004 and again this 2009 with Dr.Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister.