Congress core group

The Congress core group also known as Congress core committee is a group of people in the Indian National Congress.^[1][2][3] It is chaired by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi. The group meets every week to take stock of the situation and decide on important issues.

History

It was formed in 2004 to help the UPA government.^[4] The first group consisted of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, A. K. Antony, Arjun Singh and P. Chidambaram.^[5]

The members

• Sonia Gandhi - President, Congress party
• Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister of India
• A. K. Antony
• P. Chidambaram
• Ahmed Patel
• samyak metha

The group invites important people of the party to the meeting based on the issue.^[6]

References

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