Indian National Congress after Independence: An Overview
Volume-XIII, Issue-III, April 2025
Volume-XIII, Issue-III, April 2025 |
Received: 18.02.2025 | Accepted: 24.04.2025 | Published Online: 30.04.2025 | Page No: 162-170 | |
Indian National Congress after Independence: An Overview Nasiruddin Sk, Research scholar, Dept. of Political Science, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
The establishment of the National Congress is a historic event in the history of Indian politics. The National Congress has been influencing Indian politics since long before independence till the present day. The role of National Congress in Indian politics as well as India’s independence cannot be denied in any way. The Indian National Congress had played a leading role in highlighting various demands of the country through various movements and social programs in India. Independence was a new dawn for the people of India after a long struggle. Since 1947, the country has embarked on a new journey. The National Congress played a pioneering role in repairing the wounds left over from the colonial era like economic underdevelopment, extreme poverty, almost universal illiteracy, gross social inequality and injustices. Congress’s contribution to Nation building after independence is unparalleled. The new India was given the priority of those thigs like nationalism, secularism, expansion of democracy, rapid economic development etc., which the National Congress and its leaders were able to do. When the general elections (1951-1952) were held after independence, the Congress gave to the country a stable government at the centre and in most of the states. Congress was the main instrument of political stability in India for several decades. The Congress used to act as a means of conciliation and conciliation between different class interests, sectional interests, regional interests etc. the congress also had the power to pacify, accommodate and accommodate the individual and rival opinions within the party. Besides appeasing the resentment of the properties and socially dominant groups, the Congress was also able to appeal to the poor and the deprived. The character of Congress in Indian politics was totalitarian and universal. | ||
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