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On 25 August 2018, Indian National Congress President Rahul Gandhi has constituted the Core Group Committee, Manifesto Committee and Publicity Committee for the upcoming 2019 Indian general election.[1][2][3][4]

Leadership

Main article: Rahul Gandhi

Slogans

'Ab Hoga Nyay'

Main article: Nyuntam Aay Yojana

Congress on Sunday 7 April 2019 launched its Lok Sabha campaign slogan 'Ab Hoga Nyay' (Now, There Will be Justice) by weaving a narrative around the "injustice" meted out to countrymen and "atmosphere of despair" prevailing in the country during the Narendra Modi government.[5]

Chowkidar Chor Hai

Main article: Chowkidar Chor Hai

Chowkidar Chor Hai (Hindi: चौकीदार चोर है। is a Hindi slogan used by the Indian National Congress in its campaign for the 2019 Indian general election. The slogan was coined by the Congress' Prime Ministerial candidate Rahul Gandhi as a slogan against Narendra Modi, with the intention of conveying that the person who was entrusted with safeguarding public money was in fact a thief.[6]

Manifesto

The Congress Party manifesto can be found here: Congress Manifesto 2019

Results

State Total Seats Seats Won Seat Change
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) 1 1 Increase 1
Andhra Pradesh 42 0 Steady
Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 Decrease 1
Assam 14 3 Steady
Bihar 40 1 Decrease 1
Chandigarh (UT) 1 0 Steady
Chhattisgarh 11 2 Increase 1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) 1 1 Steady
Daman & Diu (UT) 1 1 Steady
Goa 2 1 Increase 1
Gujarat 26 0 Steady
Haryana 10 0 Decrease 1
Himachal Pradesh 4 0 Steady
Jammu & Kashmir 6 0 Steady
Jharkhand 14 1 Increase 1
Karnataka 28 1 Decrease 8
Kerala 20 15 Increase 7
Lakshadweep (UT) 1 0 Steady
Madhya Pradesh 29 1 Decrease 1
Maharashtra 48 1 Decrease 1
Manipur 2 2 Decrease 2
Meghalaya 2 1 Steady
Mizoram 1 0 Decrease 1
Nagaland 1 0 Steady
NCT of Delhi 7 0 Steady
Orissa 21 1 Increase 1
Puducherry (UT) 1 1 Increase 1
Punjab 13 8 Increase 5
Rajasthan 25 0 Steady
Sikkim 1 0 Steady
Tamil Nadu 39 8 Increase 8
Telangana 17 3 Increase 1
Tripura 2 0 Steady
Uttar Pradesh 80 1 Decrease 1
Uttarakhand 5 0 Steady
West Bengal 42 2 Decrease 2
Total 543 52 Increase 8

Alliance and candidates

Main article: List of United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election

Committees

Core Group Committee

  1. A. K. Antony
  2. Ghulam Nabi Azad
  3. P. Chidambaram
  4. Ashok Gehlot
  5. Mallikarjun Kharge
  6. Ahmed Patel
  7. Jairam Ramesh
  8. Randeep Surjewala
  9. K. C. Venugopal

Manifesto Committee

  1. Manpreet Singh Badal
  2. P. Chidambaram
  3. Sushmita Dev
  4. Rajeev Gowda
  5. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
  6. Jairam Ramesh
  7. Salman Khurshid
  8. Bindu Krishna
  9. Selja Kumari
  10. Raghuveer Meena
  11. Bhalchandra Mungekar
  12. Meenakshi Natarajan
  13. Rajni Patil
  14. Sam Pitroda
  15. Sachin Rao
  16. Tamradhwaj Sahu
  17. Mukul Sangma
  18. Shashi Tharoor
  19. Lalitesh Tripathi

Publicity Committee

  1. Bhakta Charan Das
  2. Praveen Chakravarty
  3. Milind Murli Deora
  4. Kumar Ketkar
  5. Pawan Khera
  6. V. D. Satheesan
  7. Anand Sharma
  8. Jaiveer Shergill
  9. Rajeev Shukla
  10. Divya Spandana
  11. Randeep Surjewala
  12. Manish Tewari
  13. Pramod Tiwari

References

  1. ^ "Press Release - Lok Sabha Election Committees for 2019". Indian National Congress.
  2. ^ "Congress Forms 9-Member Core Committee For 2019 Lok Sabha Polls". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Congress gears up for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi forms three key panels". 25 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Rahul Gandhi sets up three Congress committees on poll-related issues; panels include AK Antony, P Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel". Firstpost.
  5. ^ "Congress launches 'Ab Hoga Nyay' for Lok Sabha polls". Deccan Herald. 7 April 2019.
  6. ^ "'Chowkidar Chor Hai': Uddhav Thackeray Uses Rahul Gandhi's Jibe To Attack Modi". HuffPost India. 25 December 2018.

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