All India Congress Committee
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The All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C. or AICC) is the Presidium
or central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party. It is composed of members elected from State
-level Pradesh Congress Committee
s and can have as many as a thousand members. It is the AICC that elects members of the Congress Working Committee
and the Congress President
, who is also the head of the AICC. The organisational executives of the AICC are several general-secretaries selected by the Congress President
and the members of the Congress Working Committee.
-level Pradesh Congress Committee
s, who themselves have been elected or nominated to their respective Pradesh Congress Committee from the district and panchayat level party units. Besides the President, these delegates also elect the Congress Working Committee
, which is the apex decision making body of the organization. Several General Secretaries are also appointed by the President to run the functioning of the organization.
Today, its institutional records are part of the Archives at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
, at Teen Murti House, Delhi.
General Secretaries
Independent Charge
Secretaries
Presidium
The presidium or praesidium is the name for the heading organ of various legislative and organizational bodies.-Historical usage:...
or central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party. It is composed of members elected from State
Indian States
The term Indian states can refer to:*The States and territories of India*The nominally sovereign princely states that existed under the British Raj before India became independent in 1947....
-level Pradesh Congress Committee
Pradesh Congress Committee
The elected committee that directs the Congress Party in an Indian state is known as a PCC, or Pradesh Congress Committee. It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress, the world's largest political organisation, and in turn elects State Congress Presidents and delegates to the All India...
s and can have as many as a thousand members. It is the AICC that elects members of the Congress Working Committee
Congress Working Committee
Congress Working Committee is the executive committee of the Congress Party in India, it typically consisting of fifteen members elected from the All India Congress Committee or AICC, and is headed by the Working President....
and the Congress President
Congress President
The President of the All India Congress Committee, and therefore of the Indian National Congress Party as a whole, is known as the Congress President.-History:...
, who is also the head of the AICC. The organisational executives of the AICC are several general-secretaries selected by the Congress President
Congress President
The President of the All India Congress Committee, and therefore of the Indian National Congress Party as a whole, is known as the Congress President.-History:...
and the members of the Congress Working Committee.
Organization
The Organization is headed by the Congress President, who is elected by the All India Congress Committee. The AICC on the other hand is composed of delegates sent by the various StateIndian States
The term Indian states can refer to:*The States and territories of India*The nominally sovereign princely states that existed under the British Raj before India became independent in 1947....
-level Pradesh Congress Committee
Pradesh Congress Committee
The elected committee that directs the Congress Party in an Indian state is known as a PCC, or Pradesh Congress Committee. It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress, the world's largest political organisation, and in turn elects State Congress Presidents and delegates to the All India...
s, who themselves have been elected or nominated to their respective Pradesh Congress Committee from the district and panchayat level party units. Besides the President, these delegates also elect the Congress Working Committee
Congress Working Committee
Congress Working Committee is the executive committee of the Congress Party in India, it typically consisting of fifteen members elected from the All India Congress Committee or AICC, and is headed by the Working President....
, which is the apex decision making body of the organization. Several General Secretaries are also appointed by the President to run the functioning of the organization.
Today, its institutional records are part of the Archives at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library is a library in New Delhi, India, which aims to preserve and reconstruct the history of the Indian independence movement. Housed within the Teen Murti House complex, it is an autonomous institution under the Indian Ministry of Culture, and was founded in 1964...
, at Teen Murti House, Delhi.
Members
- President - Sonia GandhiSonia GandhiSonia Gandhi is an Italian-born Indian politician and the President of the Indian National Congress, one of the major political parties of India. She is the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi...
- Treasurer - Motilal VoraMotilal VoraMotilal Vora is a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and a former governor of Uttar Pradesh . He is a senior leader of Indian National Congress ....
- Political Secretary - Ahmed PatelAhmed PatelAhmed Patel is a senior leader of Indian National Congress party. He is the present political secretary to Congress President and Leader Sonia Gandhi. Patel is among the core think tank of the INC today. He is one of the crucial leaders in the decision making process of the party at national level...
General Secretaries
- B.K. Hariprasad
- Digvijay SinghDigvijay SinghDigvijay Singh is an Indian politician, a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party. He has been the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state for two five-year terms...
- Ghulam Nabi AzadGhulam Nabi AzadGhulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and the current Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India....
- Janardan DwivediJanardan DwivediJanardan Dwivedi is an Indian politician and General Secretary and chief media spokesman of the Indian National Congress party...
- Mohsina KidwaiMohsina KidwaiMohsina Kidwai is a leader of Indian National Congress party, she belongs to Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.Currently she is a member of Rajya Sabha, elected from Chattisgarh., She is a member of the Congress Working Committee , the Highest decision-making body of the Congress Party as well as the All...
- Mukul WasnikMukul WasnikMukul Balkrishna Wasnik is the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. He represents the Ramtek constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party...
- Prithviraj ChavanPrithviraj ChavanPrithviraj Chavan is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The Indian National Congress selected him to be the successor of Ashok Chavan. He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament...
- Rahul GandhiRahul GandhiRahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and member of the parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress.-Early life and career:...
- V. NarayanasamyV. NarayanasamyV. Narayanasamy a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India in the Lok Sabha representing Pondicherry constituency. He earlier was an MP representing Pondicherry in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-Early life:V....
Independent Charge
- A. K. AntonyA. K. AntonyArackaparambil Kurien Antony is an Indian National Congress politician, a former Chief Minister of Kerala, and the current Defence Minister of India....
- Jagdish TytlerJagdish TytlerJagdish Tytler is a controversial Indian National Congress politician, and former member of Indian Parliament...
- K. Keshava RaoK. Keshava RaoKancherla Keshava Rao is a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-External links:*...
- Luizinho Faleiro
- M.Veerappa MoilyVeerappa MoilyMoodbidri Veerappa Moily is the current Minister of Corporate Affairs in the Indian government. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district by a wide margin in 2009. He currently serves as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh...
- Oscar FernandesOscar FernandesOscar Fernandes is an India politician, a senior Indian National Congress leader and AICC General Secretary. He was the Minister of State of the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Dr. Manmohan Singh's first UPA government in India. He was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980 from Udupi...
- R.K.Dhawan
- Satyavrat ChaturvediSatyavrat ChaturvediSatyavrat Chaturvedi is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is presently a Member of the Parliament of India, representing Uttarakhand in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament...
Secretaries
- Ashok TanwarAshok TanwarAshok Tanwar is an Indian politician, a Member of Parliament from Sirsa and Secretary, All India Congress Committee. He is also a former president of Indian Youth Congress & NSUI. He was the youngest person to take over the prestigious position of president of Indian Youth Congress...
- Avinash Pande
- Avtar Singh Bhadana
- Bhola Pandey
- Birajit Sinha
- Dwijendra Nath SharmahDwijendra Nath SharmahShri Dwijendra Nath Sharmah a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-External links:*...
- Harender Mirdha
- Mrs. Hema Gomang
- Jaikishan
- Jitendra SinghJitendra SinghJitendra Pratap Singh Prabhakar Bahadur is the Minister of State in the central government Indian Member of Parliament representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan.Jitendra Singh is the grandson of Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar, the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Alwar...
- Dr. Jairam RameshJairam RameshJairam Ramesh born April 9, 1954, is an Indian economist and an influential politician of the Congress Party in the United Progressive Alliance ruling coalition of center-left political parties heading the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh state in the...
- Jayadev Jena
- K. Jayakumar
- K. B. Krishnamurthy
- Kodikunnil SureshKodikunnil SureshKodikunnil Suresh is member of the fifteenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara Constituency in Kerala. This is the fifth time he is being elected to the Lok Sabha. He is also the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee ....
- Miss Mabel RebelloMabel RebelloMiss Mabel Rebello is a politician from Indian National Congress party and a Member of the Parliament of India representing Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-External links:*...
- Mirza Irshad Baig
- Ms. Meenakshi NatarajanMeenakshi NatarajanMeenakshi Natarajan is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Mandsaur in the 15th Lok Sabha. She is also AICC secretary and is in the core team of Rahul Gandhi for building the party.-Background:...
- Mohan Prakash
- Mool Chand MeenaMool Chand MeenaShri Mool Chand Meena is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament Meena was born on the 14th of February, 1956, in the Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. He is married with one son and two daughters. He received his M.A. and L.LB from Rajasthan University...
- Dr. Nirmal Khatri
- P. Sudhakar Reddy
- Parvez Hashmi
- Capt. Praveen Davar
- Praveen RashtrapalPraveen RashtrapalShri Praveen Rashtrapal a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-External links:*...
- R. C. Khuntia
- Rajiv Shukla
- Ranji Thomas
- Sanjay Bapna
- Dr. Shakeel-Uz-Zaman Ansari
- Shantaram Naik
- Sagar Rayka
- Tom Vadakkan
- Maj. Ved Prakash
- Vivek Bansal
- V. Hanumantha RaoV. Hanumantha RaoV. Hanumantha Rao a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament....
- Dr. (Ms.) Vijay Laxmi Sadho
Congress in Pradesh (States)
- Bihar Pradesh Congress CommitteeBihar Pradesh Congress CommitteeThe Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. The head office of the organization is situated in Patna at the historical Sadaquat Ashram. The current President of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee is Chaudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser...
- Karnataka Pradesh Congress CommitteeKarnataka Pradesh Congress CommitteeKarnataka Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its headoffice is situated at the Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bangalore ....
- Kerala Pradesh Congress CommitteeKerala Pradesh Congress CommitteeKerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress - the world's largest political organization -working in the state of Kerala. Its head office is situated at Trivandrum ....
- Maharashtra Pradesh Congress CommitteeMaharashtra Pradesh Congress CommitteeThe Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. The head office of the organization is situated in Mumbai at Tilak Bhawan in Dadar...
- Punjab Pradesh Congress CommitteePunjab Pradesh Congress CommitteePunjab Pradesh Congress Committee is the affiliate of the Indian National Congress in the state of Punjab. It is presently headed by Captain Amarinder Singh, a former Chief Minister of Punjab....
- West Bengal Pradesh Congress CommitteeWest Bengal Pradesh Congress CommitteeThe West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of West Bengal. The head office of the organization is situated in Kolkata at Dr. Lalmohon Bhattacharya Road. The current President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee is Prof. Pradip...