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Team, I'm working on this section of the article. Please let me know if it would be good to include the contributions and ideology of the Moderates and Extremists. Thanks in advance. 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS🍁13:20, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, not to mention that of Annie Besant and G. B. Tilak's Home Rule league. Was there the influence of Irish nationalists? Quite possibly, if the Flag of Ireland and that of the Congress, and eventually of India, are to be compared, in the choice of colors that is. Fowler&fowler«Talk»18:39, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Fowler&fowler, it's an intriguing observation, and there may be a connection between the Irish nationalist movement and the later symbolism of the Indian flag. Not sure though, I need to find very strong, reliable sources. I will try to find more about the Home Rule League and will add both factions' contributions and ideology. Thank you.-25 CENTS VICTORIOUS🍁20:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On Parliament website congress is shown to have 99 members not 101. We should make changes to reflect that, although I'm aware that Congress has support of 2 Independent MP's but then Congress Lok Sabha strength ought to be written as "99 + 2"
Agreed to this, an Independent MLA/MP cannot join another party after getting elected else they are disqualified, the independents may function close to the party and vote with their lines but cannot officially join the party. The infobox and lead section citations both mention the same, the support from 2 independent MPs mean increased strength to the INDIA bloc not Congress. Xoocit (talk) 06:54, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They fought as members of INC, they just denied to fight on symbol because of seat sharing agreement. Both independent MPs - Pappu Yadav and Vishal Patil are official members of INC.
Pappu Yadav recently campaigned for Congress in Jharkhand election, as a party worker he was given duty from the party.[1], [2], [3], [4], The party would have given him responsibility only if he was its member and these sources are saying the same. This year he merged his party with INC. [5], [6].
And Vishal Patil is grandson of former Congress Chief Minister, he was refused a ticket because of alliance, so he rebelled and fought but party denied him symbol because of alliance agreement for rebels, Still he is a member of Congress. [7], [8], [9]. the sources clearly showing that party crossed 100.
Under the anti-defection law, an independent MP would have to give up their seat if he or she chooses to join a political party after being elected. But the leaders were already members of party, they did not leave or resigned from party, they just fought independently without symbol. ZDX(User) | (Contact)04:58, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The only thing that matters is that they didn't fight on Congress symbol in the election. Hence while they are aligned on everything with Congress but legally they will not be counted in the official tally of Congress MP's in the Lok Sabha. DataCrusade1999 (talk) 10:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello everyone. When referring to the Indian National Congress in the article, can someone help me with out of the "Congress" and the "INC", which one to use? Although both terms are grammatically correct, but it's important to maintain consistency within a single piece of writing. Please help. Thanks in advance.-25 CENTS VICTORIOUS🍁17:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've found the following issues in the infobox for the political position parameter, can someone take a look?
The NCERT source is a government publication meant for schools, can government publications be considered reliable especially when they may have oversimplified stuff for school students?
The Inside India Today (Routledge Revivals) source is from 1976, I doubt it can be considered relevant to the current state of the INC and worth mentioning given its age.
But as far as I can see it has been discussed only once and another person posted a section that went unanswered, [10] says it should be centre to centre-left, and [11] says it should be centre-left. You also did not acknowledge my concerns about the potentially biased government source and the potentially outdated source. There is a third source (Lowell Barrington (2009). Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices), but I can't personally verify it. Tube·of·Light16:29, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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