Congress Core Committee

The Congress Core Committee (also known as Congress Core Group) was a group of top politicians in the Indian National Congress party.^[1][2][3] It was chaired by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi.

History

It was formed in 2004 to help the UPA government.^[4] The first committee consisted of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, A. K. Antony, Arjun Singh and P. Chidambaram.^[5] The committee met every week to take stock of the situation and decide on important issues. The committee was finally dissolved in June 2019. ^[6]

The members

In 2013, the committee had only 10 members

• Sonia Gandhi - President of the Indian National Congress
• Manmohan Singh - Former Prime Minister of India
• A. K. Antony Former Defence Minister of India
• P. Chidambaram
• Ahmed Patel
• Ghulam Nabi Azad
• Ashok Gehlot
• Randeep Surjewala
• Jairam Ramesh
• K. C. Venugopal