The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the
presidium
A presidium or praesidium is a council of executive officers in some countries' political assemblies that collectively administers its business, either alongside an individual president or in place of one. The term is also sometimes used for the ...
or the central decision-making assembly of the
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
. It is composed of members elected from
state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousand members. It is the AICC that elects members of the
Congress Working Committee and the
Congress President, who is also the head of the AICC.
The organisational executives of the AICC are several general-secretaries selected by the
Congress President and the members of the Congress Working Committee. AICC is responsible for decision-making and policy formulation for the party at the national level. It also sets the party's agenda and strategies for national and state-level elections.
History
The original headquarters of AICC were located at
Swaraj Bhavan,
Allahabad
Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...
, however after
independence of India
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed.
The first nationalistic ...
in 1947, it was shifted to 7, Jantar Mantar Marg, near
Jantar Mantar, Delhi and subsequently to 24 Akbar Road, right behind
10 Janpath, after the 1969 Congress split, under
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...
.
Today, its institutional records are part of the Archives at the
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, at
Teen Murti House, Delhi.
Organisation
The Organisation is headed by the
Congress President, who is elected by the All India Congress Committee. The AICC on the other hand is composed of delegates sent by the various
State
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
–level
Pradesh Congress Committees, who themselves have been elected or nominated to their respective Pradesh Congress Committee from the district and panchayat level party units. Besides the President, these delegates also elect the
Congress Working Committee,
which is the apex decision-making body of the organisation. Several General Secretaries are also appointed by the President to run the functioning of the organisation.
AICC office bearers
President
Treasurer
Joint Treasurers
General secretaries
In-Charges
Secretaries with assigned work
Joint Secretaries
Departments and Cells
Communication Department
Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan
Senior Spokespersons
Spokespersons
Presidents
Congress in Pradesh (States)
* Andaman and Nicobar PCC
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Andhra Pradesh PCC
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Arunachal Pradesh PCC
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Assam PCC
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Bihar PCC
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Chhattisgarh PCC
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli PCC
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Daman and Diu PCC
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Delhi PCC
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Goa PCC
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Gujarat PCC
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Haryana PCC
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Himachal Pradesh PCC
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Jammu & Kashmir PCC
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Jharkhand PCC
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Karnataka PCC
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Kerala PCC
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Lakshadweep PCC
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Madhya Pradesh PCC
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Maharashtra PCC
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Manipur PCC
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Meghalaya PCC
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Mizoram PCC
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Nagaland PCC
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Odisha PCC
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Puducherry PCC
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Punjab PCC
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Rajasthan PCC
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Sikkim PCC
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Tamil Nadu CC
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Telangana PCC
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Tripura PCC
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Uttarakhand PCC
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Uttar Pradesh PCC
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West Bengal PCC
See also
*
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
*
Congress Working Committee
*
Pradesh Congress Committee
Footnotes
References
External links
Official All India Congress Committee website
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