Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

Logo of Indian National Congress 

• Abbreviation: INC
• President: Sonia Gandhi(interim)
• Presidium: All India Congress Committee
• Parliamentary Chairperson: Sonia Gandhi
• Lok Sabha leader: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
• Rajya Sabha leader: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Leader of the Opposition)
• Founder: Allan Octavian Hume, William Wedderburn, W. C. Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, Lalmohan Ghosh, Badruddin Tyabji, M. G. Ranade, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Pherozeshah Mehta
• Founded:28 December 1885 (134 years ago)
• Headquarters:24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110001
• Newspaper: Congress Sandesh
• Student wing: National Students Union of India
• Youth wing: Indian Youth Congress
• Women's wing: All India Mahila Congress
• Labour wing: Indian National Trade Union Congress
• Membership: 20 million
• Ideology: Big tent, Social liberalism, Social democracy, Progressivism, Civic nationalism, Secularism
• Political position: Centre to center-left
• International affiliation: Progressive Alliance, Socialist International
• Colors: Sky blue
• ECI Status: National Party
• Alliance: United Progressive Alliance (All India), Democratic Progressive Alliance (Tamil Nadu), Maha Vikas Aghadi (Maharashtra), Mahagathbandhan (Bihar), Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand), United Democratic Front (Kerala)
• Seats in Lok Sabha:52 / 543 (currently 542 members and 1 vacancy)
• Seats in Rajya Sabha:39 / 245 (currently 225 members and 20 vacancies)[19]
• Number of states and union territories in government:6 / 31 (currently 28 states and 2 union territories) 
• Website: www.inc.in