Indian National Congress
AbbreviationINC
PresidentSonia Gandhi
General Secretary
  • Avinash Pandey
  • Jitendra Singh
  • K. C. Venugopal
  • Mukul Wasnik
  • Oommen Chandy
  • Priyanka Gandhi
  • Randeep Singh Surjewala
  • Tariq Anwar
  • Ajay Maken
Parliamentary ChairpersonSonia Gandhi
Lok Sabha leaderAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Rajya Sabha leaderMallikarjun Kharge
(Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha)
FounderAllan Octavian Hume
Founded28 December 1885(136 years ago) (1885-12-28)
Headquarters24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110001
NewspaperCongress Sandesh
National Herald
Student wingNational Students' Union of India
Youth wingIndian Youth Congress
Women's wingAll India Mahila Congress
Labour wingIndian National Trade Union Congress
Peasant's wingKisan and Khet Mazdoor Congress
Membership45 million (2022)
Ideology
  • Big tent
  • Social liberalism
  • Secularism
  • Civic nationalism
Political positionCentre
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International
Colours Sky blue (customary)
ECI StatusNational Party
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
(All India)
Secular Progressive Alliance
(Tamil Nadu)
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(Maharashtra)
Mahagathbandhan
(Jharkhand)
Secular Progressive Front
(Manipur)
United Democratic Front
(Kerala)
Meghalaya Democratic Alliance
(Meghalaya)
Seats in Lok Sabha
53 / 543
(540MPs &3Vacant)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
36 / 245
(236MPs &9Vacant)
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
692 / 4,036

(4025MLAs &11Vacant)

(see complete list)
Seats in State Legislative Councils
46 / 426

(390MLCs &36Vacant)

(see complete list)
Number of states and union territories in government
5 / 31
(28States &3UTs)
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg
Party flag
Indian National Congress Flag.svg
Website
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