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Congress Core Committee

Congress Core Committee

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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

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

In 2013, the committee had only 10 members

References

  1. [1]
    Congress Core Committee to take final call on Telangana
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    Congress working committee to take final call on Telangana: Botsa Satyanarayana
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    Congress core group meets to discuss RTI amendments, Telangana Archived 2013-07-20 at archive.today
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    "Manipur: Govt thinks twice, and some more". 16 August 2004.
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    "Tehelka - the People's Paper". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Rahul will remain our chief, say Congress leaders". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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