Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (or Karnataka PCC) is the unit of the
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
for the state of
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
. Its head office is situated at the ''Congress Bhawan'', Queens Road,
Bangalore
Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...
.
Electoral performance
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Frontal Organisation Chiefs of Karnataka PCC
Prominent members
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Mallikarjun Kharge
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge (born 21 July 1942) is an Indian politician, who is the current president of the Indian National Congress, and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 16 February 2021. He became the first person outside ...
,
AICC PRESIDENT ,former Union
Railways Minister
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D. K. Shivakumar
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), also known by his initials as D. K. Shivakumar, is an Indian politician who is the 9th and Current List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and also ...
, former minister of energy, former minister for water resources of Karnataka, former minister for medical education and current KPCC president
* Siddaramaiah, former List of chief ministers of Karnataka, Chief minister of Karnataka, former List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka, Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka
*Y Sayeed Ahmed, (1996-2003), General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee; (2015–2021) chairman, Minority Department
* G. Parameshwara, former List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka, Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka, former Home minister of Karnataka, former president of KPCC.
* Veerappa Moily, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, former Union Cabinet minister.
* Dinesh Gundu Rao, former president of KPCC, former minister for Food and Civil Supplies.
Former Karnataka PCC Presidents
2023 Legislative Assembly election
Protests and Incidents
On 15 August 2022, the Congress held a mega "Freedom March" in Bangalore, Bengaluru as a show of strength against the BJP government. Lakhs of people participated in this march.
PayCM
In September 2022, the Congress set up QR codes of "PayCM" in many parts of Bengaluru. These posters had Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai's dotted face with the caption "40% Accepted Here...Scan this QR code to make CM PAY for Corruption" as a knockoff of the QR code of Paytm. These posters referred to the allegations that Bommai's BJP government took bribes in awarding public contracts and recruitments. These QR codes took scanners to a website people could report corruption and make complains at a designated website
https://40percentsarkara.com/ref>
References
External links
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* https://40percentsarkara.com/#/home
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