All India Mahila Congress

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All India Mahila Congress
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AbbreviationAIMC
Formation15 September 1984 (38 years ago)
FoundersSucheta Kripalani,
Indian National Congress
Headquarters24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001
National President
Netta D'Souza
National Secretary
Aiyshwarya Mahadev
Parent organization
Indian National Congress
Websitewww.aimc.in[dead link]

All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), also referred to as Mahila Congress, is the women's wing of the Congress Party (INC).[1] The most recent President was Sushmita Dev who left office in 2021. Currently Netta D'Souza heads the All India Mahila Congress as its acting President appointed on 17 August 2021 by Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi.[2][3][4]

History[edit]

One early high point for the organisation was a conference held in Bangalore in mid-1984 attended by Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and 30,000 delegates.[5]

Organisation[edit]

The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) is split into regional branches designated as Pradesh Mahila Congress (State Women's Congress) which represents the AIMC in the states and union territories of India.[6] The AIMC consists of the card–holding women members of the Indian National Congress which elects the executive committee and state president of each of the PMCCs.[7][failed verification]

List of Pradesh Mahila Congress Committees
PMCC PMCC President
Andaman and Nicobar Islands TMCC
Andhra Pradesh PMCC K. Prameelamma
Arunachal Pradesh PMCC
Assam PMCC
Bihar PMCC
Chandigarh TMCC Deipa Asdhir Dubey
Chhattisgarh PMCC Phulo Devi Netam
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu TMCC
Delhi PMCC Amrita Dhawan
Goa PMCC
Gujarat PMCC
Haryana PMCC Sumitra Chauhan
Himachal Pradesh PMCC
Jammu and Kashmir PMCC
Jharkhand PMCC
Karnataka PMCC
Kerala PMCC Jebi Mather
Ladakh TMCC
Lakshadweep TMCC
Madhya Pradesh PMCC Mandvi Chauhan
Maharashtra PMCC Mrs. Charulata Tokas
Manipur PMCC
Meghalaya PMCC
Mizoram PMCC
Mumbai RMCC Anisha Bagul
Nagaland PMCC
Odisha PMCC Bandita Parida
Puducherry PMCC
Punjab PMCC Smt. Balvir Sodhi (Rani)
Rajasthan PMCC Smt. Rehana Rayaz Chisti
Sikkim PMCC
Tamil Nadu PMCC
Telangana PMCC Sunitha rao
Tripura PMCC
Uttarakhand PMCC Sarita Arya
Uttar Pradesh PMCC
West Bengal PMCC

List of presidents[edit]

President Period
Begum Abida Ahmed 1983–1988
Jayanti Patnaik 1988–1990[8]
Kumudben Joshi 1990–1993
Girija Vyas 1993–1998
Ambika Soni 1998–1999
Chandresh Kumari Katoch 1999–2003
Rita Bahuguna Joshi 2003–2008
Prabha Thakur 2008–2011
Anita Varma 2011–2013
Shobha Oza 2013–2017
Sushmita Dev 2017–2021[3]
Netta D'Souza Current

General Secretary[edit]

In October 2015 Nagma, who was previously a film actress, was appointed to the office General Secretary.[9] In January 2019 INC president Rahul Gandhi appointed Apsara Reddy as National General Secretary, Reddy being noted as the first transgender office holder in the AIMC.[10]

In March 2020, Aiyshwarya Mahadev was appointed its National Secretary.

In August 2021, Netta D'Souza was appointed its National President.[11]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Singh (2003), p. 69.
  2. The New Indian Express (2019).
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sushmita Dev, Who Backed CAA, Quits Cong; Kapil Sibal Says 'Party Moves on with Eyes Wide Open'". News18. 16 August 2021.
  4. "Congress appoints Netta D'Souza as acting president of Mahila Congress". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. Badhwar (2014).
  6. Kumar (1990), pp. 48–49.
  7. AICC (2013).
  8. PoI (2014).
  9. PTI (2015).
  10. Newsd (2019).
  11. CTBUREAU NTB (2020).

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