Indian Congress (Socialist)

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| founder = [[Sharad Pawar|Sharad Govindrao Pawar]]<br />[[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]]<br />[[A.K. Antony]]<br />[[Sarat Chandra Sinha]]
| leader = [[Sharad Pawar|Sharad Govindrao Pawar]]
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| foundation = 1978
| dissolution = 1986
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| alliance = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] (1980-1987)

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'''Indian Congress (Socialist)''' (IC(S)) also known as '''Congress (Secular)''' was a [[List of political parties in India|political party]] in [[India]] between 1978 and 1986.

The party was formed through a split in the [[Indian National Congress]]. Initially the party was known as the [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]] and was led by [[D. Devaraj Urs|D. Devraj Urs]].

It broke away from the parent party in 1978 following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s drubbing in the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 General Elections]]. Urs took with him many legislators from [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Goa]] including future Union Ministers and [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Ministers]] [[A. K. Antony|A.K. Antony]], [[Sharad Pawar]], [[Devakanta Barua|Dev Kant Baruah]], [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi|Priyaranjan Das Munshi]], [[Sarat Chandra Sinha]] and [[K.P. Unnikrishnan|K. P. Unnikrishnan]][[Mohammad Yunus Saleem|Mohammad Yunus Saleem]]

When [[Sharad Pawar]] took over the party presidency in October 1981, the name of the party was changed to '''Indian Congress (Socialist)'''<ref>Andersen, Walter K.. ''India in 1981: Stronger Political Authority and Social Tension'', published in Asian Survey, Vol. 22, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1981: Part II (February, 1982), pp. 119-135</ref>

He became the youngest chief minister of Maharashtra by toppling the [[Vasantdada Patil]]-led Congress government in 1978. He led a group of 40 MLAs to split from the parent party and formed the government with [[Janata Party]]'s support.

In 1980, after [[Indira Gandhi]] swept the [[Lok Sabha]] polls, Pawar's state government was dismissed. In the [[Maharashtra]] elections in 1980, his party lost.

Again in 1985, Pawar's party the Indian National Congress (Socialist) won only 54 seats and he became the [[Leader of Opposition]] in [[Maharashtra]]. With the split and the decline of the [[Janata Party]] nationally, Pawar soon realised that he can't get back to power in Maharashtra on his own. Pawar merged his party back into the Congress in 1986.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Sharad Pawar is a politician obsessed with staying in power |url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/sharad-pawar-ncp-narendra-modi-bjp-congress-sonia-gandhi-shiv-sena-maharashtra/story/1/7998.html |access-date=23 July 2018 |work=www.dailyo.in }}</ref>

One section led by Sarat Chandra Sinha broke away from IC(S) in 1984 and formed a separate party known as [[Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha|Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Sinha]]. This faction merged with Sharad Pawar's [[Nationalist Congress Party]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jun11/spotlite.htm | title = Spotlight: Merger with NCP | publisher = Tribune India | date = 1999-06-11 | access-date = 2009-05-19}}</ref>

However, in Kerala, the residual faction of Indian Congress (Socialist) [[Congress (Secular)]] led by [[Kadannappalli Ramachandran]] still exists and is a part of the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]]. In 2007, [[Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)|Democratic Indira Congress]](Left) led by [[M. A. John]] merged with this party.

== See also ==

*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:1978 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1986 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Defunct socialist parties in India]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress breakaway groups]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1986]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1978]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress (Socialist)]]

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