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

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

^ 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.

[1] Congress Core Committee to take final call on Telangana

[2] Congress working committee to take final call on Telangana: Botsa Satyanarayana

[3] Congress core group meets to discuss RTI amendments, Telangana Archived 2013-07-20 at archive.today

[4] "Manipur: Govt thinks twice, and some more". 16 August 2004.

[5] "Tehelka - the People's Paper". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

[6] "Rahul will remain our chief, say Congress leaders". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

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