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| | #REDIRECT [[Congress Core Committee]] |
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| The '''Congress Core Group''' (also known as '''Congress Core Committee''') is a group of top politicians in the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-13/news/40554026_1_telangana-issue-telangana-statehood-creating-telangana-state Congress Core Committee to take final call on Telangana]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130721083353/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-18/india/40656404_1_botsa-satyanarayana-pcc-chief-the-cwc Congress working committee to take final call on Telangana: Botsa Satyanarayana]</ref><ref>[http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/39394e97a08887464159cd20efc39f65/congress-core-group-meets-to-discuss-rti-amendments-telangana Congress core group meets to discuss RTI amendments, Telangana] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130720014035/http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/39394e97a08887464159cd20efc39f65/congress-core-group-meets-to-discuss-rti-amendments-telangana |date=2013-07-20 }}</ref> It was chaired by the Congress president, [[Sonia Gandhi]].
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| It was formed in 2004 to help the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] government.<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/53182/</ref> The first group consisted of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], [[Pranab Mukherjee]], [[A. K. Antony]], [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]] and [[P. Chidambaram]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_print.asp?filename=Ne012106Thirteen_at.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025431/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_print.asp?filename=Ne012106Thirteen_at.asp |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The group met every week to take stock of the situation and decide on important issues. The Committee was finally dissolved in June 2019. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul will remain our chief, say Congress leaders|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jun/12/congress-core-panel-axed-rahul-gandhi-to-remain-president-1989282.html|access-date=2020-08-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
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| ==The members==
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| In 2013, the core group committee had only 10 members
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| *[[Sonia Gandhi]] - [[President of the Indian National Congress]]
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| *[[Manmohan Singh]] - [[Prime Minister of India]]
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| *[[A. K. Antony]]
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| *[[P. Chidambaram]]
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| *[[Ahmed Patel]]
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| *[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
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| *[[Ashok Gehlot]]
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| *[[Randeep Surjewala]]
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| *[[Jairam Ramesh]]
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| *[[K. C. Venugopal]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Indian National Congress}}
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