Congress Working Committee
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Congress Working Committee (CWC) is the executive committee of the Congress Party
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
in India, it typically consisting of fifteen members elected from the All India Congress Committee
All India Congress Committee
The All India Congress Committee 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 Committees and can have as many as a thousand members...
or AICC, and is headed by the Working President
Working President
The head of the executive committee - the Congress Working Committee of the Congress Party in India is known as the Working President of Congress...
.
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
and those led by the Syndicate of regional bosses including Kamaraj, Prafulla Sen
Prafulla Chandra Sen
Prafulla Chandra Sen was a Bengali Indian politician and freedom fighter. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal during the period 1961–1967.-Background:...
, Ajoy Mukherjee
Ajoy Mukherjee
Ajoy Mukherjee was the fourth chief minister of West Bengal, India. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.He was one of the leaders of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar , which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the Quit India Movement, a programme of civil disobedience...
and Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...
, the power of the Working Committee declined; but Indira's triumph in 1971 led to a re-centralisation of power away from the states and the All-India Congress Committee, and caused the Working Committee in Delhi to once again be the paramount decision-making body of the party. The centralised nature of Congress decision making has since caused observers in the states to informally describe instructions from Delhi as coming from the "High Command".
CWC Members
- 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...
- Manmohan Singh
- Pranab MukherjeePranab MukherjeePranab Kumar Mukherjee is the current Finance Minister of India and leader of the current Lok Sabha.Mukherjee is a senior member of the Cabinet Committees on Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Affairs, Prices, Security, Unique Identification Authority of India,...
- AK Antony
- S.M. Krishna
- 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:...
- 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...
- 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 ....
- 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....
- 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...
- Shivraj PatilShivraj PatilShivraj Vishwanath Patil is an Indian politician and current state Punjab governor and the Administrator of Union Territory of Chandigarh. Previously he had been the Speaker of the 11th Lok Sabha and served the Manmohan Singh cabinet as the Union Minister of Home Affairs...
- Ambika SoniAmbika SoniAmbika Soni is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress. She currently serves in the Union Cabinet as the minister in charge of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, after serving in Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture from 2006–2009.She is a member of the Indian...
- B. K. HariprasadB. K. HariprasadB.K. Hariprasad is a politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is a Member of Parliament representing Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-Early life:...
- Janardan DwivediJanardan DwivediJanardan Dwivedi is an Indian politician and General Secretary and chief media spokesman of the Indian National Congress party...
- 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...
- 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...
- Urmila SinghUrmila SinghUrmila Singh is the current Governor of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh since January 25, 2010. Urmila was born on August 6, 1946 and belongs to a family of freedom fighters of Gondwana and social reformers....
Permanent Invitees
- Karan Singh
- P Samuel
- Ajit JogiAjit JogiAjit Jogi was the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. He currently represents the Marwahi Scheduled Tribe constituency in the state assembly and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party....
- C. K. Jaffer Sheriff
- Devendra Nath DwivediDevendra Nath DwivediDevendra Nath Dwivedi was an Indian politician and the Governor designate of Gujarat. He was a Congress member of the Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1980. He died on August 1, 2009 aged 74, before he could formally take up the post of Gujurat's Governor.-References:...
- Iqbal SinghIqbal SinghIqbal Singh is an academic in the fields of International Relations, Human Rights and Law. Iqbal has conducted research and held teaching positions at various universities across North America and India....
- J. B. Patnaik
- 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
- Makhan Lal FotedarMakhan Lal FotedarMakhan Lal Fotedar is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress party. He has been a cabinet minister in the Government of India.He was a close associate of Indira Gandhi.- References :...
- R. K. DhawanR. K. DhawanRajinder Kumar Dhawan is a senior leader of Bihar Indian National Congress and a member of Rajya Sabha.A former personal secretary and confidante to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Dhawan was a witness to Indira Gandhi assassination in 1984. As personal assistant to the Prime Minister, he...
- N. Janardhana Reddy
- Saif-ud-Din Soz
- 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...
- 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...
- Arjun SinghArjun SinghArjun Singh was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He was the Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009....
- 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...
- P. ChidambaramP. ChidambaramP. Chidambaram or Chidambaram Palaniappan, sometimes written Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and present Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. Previously he was the Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008...
Special Invitees
- Anil Shastri
- Dr. Ashok Kumar
- G. Sanjeeva ReddyG. Sanjeeva ReddyShri G. Sanjeeva Reddy 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....
- Jagmeet Singh BrarJagmeet Singh BrarJagmeet Singh Brar is an Indian politician, lawyer, writer and poet who belongs to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in 1992 and to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 representing the constituency of Faridkot in Punjab. He is also known as Awaaz-E-Punjab.He holds an M.A....