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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

TERM PAPER

SWOT ANALYSIS OF INDIAN NATIONAL

CONGRESS

Submitted To:- Submitted By:-

Mr. Lalit Bhardwaj Abhishek Mittal

Reg. No. – 10800267

Roll No. – RS3807A17

Section – S3807

Course Code – MGT 511

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Acknowledgement:-
I would like to thank all those
who have encouraged me to complete this term paper on the
topic "Indian National Congress". I am grateful to Mr. Lalit
Bhardwaj who acted as a source of inspiration in making the
term project. I will never forget his support and words of
wisdom.
I am also thankful
to Lovely Professional University in providing me the
resources which helped me to complete this project.

Abhishek Mittal
Roll no. RS3807A17
Reg. no. 10800267
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Index
• Introduction.
• History.
• Indian Prime-Ministers from the congress party.
• Policies and programmes.
• Controversies.
• Swot analysis of congress party.
• Strength.
• Weakness.
• Opportunities.
• Threats.
• Conclusion.
• References.
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Introduction:-
The Indian National Congress (INC) also known
as Congress party. It is a major political party in India. The
congress party was established in 1885. The congress party
played a major role in the independence of India. For long
time off period congress party has the monopoly in the Indian
politics. In India most prime-ministers are from the congress
party. Mostly congress leads India for eight times.
The
congress party is currently under the leadership of the Sonia
Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi joined the party in 1999. In the
congress party mostly the leaders from the Gandhi family
itself, like Indira Gandhi. The congress party mostly led by
the Nehru-Gandhi family for most of the part.
In the 2009 general elections, the
congress party emerged as the single largest party in the Lok
Sabha, with 206 of its candidates getting elected to the 543
members house. Consequently, it along with a coalition of
allies called the United Progressive Alliance(UPA) was able
to gain a majority and form the government. There have been
repeated attempts by the Indian nationalist groups such as
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Bharatiya Janta party to discredit the Sonia Gandhi’s on the

basis of her foreign origin –she is Italian born. At the time
Rahul Gandhi attract the youth and the rural people.

History:-
The Indian national congress was born on December
28, 1985. Following are the founder of the Indian
National Congress:-
• Allan Octavian Hume.
• William Wedderburn.
• Umesh Chandra Banerjee.
• Surendranath Banerjee.
• Man Mohan Ghosh.
• Dadabhai Naoroji.
• Dinshaw Wacha.
We can categorized the history into 2 eras.
• Pre-independence era - The Indian National
Congress fought for the independence of the
India. The Indian National Congress played a
very big role in driving the Indian message to
fight against British company. INC gained the
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wider reach and people support with more than

15 million active members and 70 million
supporters spreading into the whole country
during independence from the British rule. The
other group was the moderate group. The
moderate were the more educated and wanted to
win people’s faith to lead the nation to
independence without bloodshed the activists
however wanted to follow a revolutionary path
and make it a militant organization.
• Post-independence era – In Indian politics
congress always have the good position. Out of
the 60 years since independence, the Indian
National Congress has been in power for 48
years. In 15th Lok Sabha, INC stands out as the
largest Indian party in the country.
Womesh Chandra Banerjee was the first President
of the INC. the First meeting was scheduled to be held in
Pune, but due to a plague outbreak there, the meeting was
leter shifted to Bombay.
The first session of INC was held from
28-31 December 1885, and was attended by 72 delegates. In
the end of the 19th century and the early year of the 20th
century congress attract the younger group. The younger
group added a new vitality and gave a new dimension to the
policies and programs of the INC. This new group was
sharply critical of the ideology and method of old leadership.
These new groups were called the extremist.
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Extremists ideals
mainly guided the second phase of the Indian National
Congress from 1905 to 1919. They advocated that the
adoption of Swaraj as the goal of the congress to be achieved.

Indian Prime Ministers from the Congress party:-

• Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964).
• Gulzarilal Nanda (May-June 1964, Jan 1966).
• Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966).
• Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984).
• Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989).
• P.V. Narasimha Rao (1991-1996).
• Manmohan Singh (2004-2009 and 2009 to present).
Mostly congress party leads the India. Now it leads for the 8th
time. The congress party has the great response from the
Indian people in 2009 election. In 2009 election congress
come with a majority.
Currently congress rule in the following states:-
•Andhra Pradesh.
•Arunachal Pradesh.
•Delhi.
•Haryana.
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• Mizoram.
• Manipur.
•Rajasthan.

Policies and programmes:-

INC has the following policies
and programmes.
Social policy:-
Social policy of the INC is based on the
Gandhian concept of Sarvodaya means upliftment of all
sections of the society. In particular INC gives special
emphasis on the wale fare of the economically and socially
disadvantaged sections of the society. The party supports birth
control and family planning but oppose elective abortion, in
particular sex selective abortions.
Economic policy:-
Traditionally, economic policy of the INC
emphasized on the importance of the public sector aimed at
establishing a “socialistic pattern of society.” The economic
policy of INC has been changed somewhat and it is now
committed to liberalization and market economy, though at
the same time it is in favour of taking a cautions proceeding
with it to ensure that the weaker sections are not affected too
hard by the liberalization process.
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Controversies:-
The congress party dominated the politics
of India for over a century. There are many charges of
corruption and any other charges.
State of emergency (1975-1977):-
In 1975 the Allahabad high
court declared the election void, but Mrs Indira Gandhi
rejected it. By using her strong parliamentary majority, her
party had amended the constitution and altered the balance of
power between the central and state in favour of the central
government. She had twice imposed President Rule. Gandhi
moved to restore order by ordering the arrest of most of the
opposition leaders. Her cabinet and govt. Then recommended
that president declare a stste of emergency, because of the
disorder and lawlessness following by the allahbad high court.
It is one of the most controversial periods in Indian history.
Anti-sikh riots(1984):-
Congress workers including Jagdish
Tytler and Sajjan kumar were accused of inciting and
participating in sikh riots. It is done after the assassination of
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Indira Gandhi by 2 of her sikh body guards following

“Operation Bluestar.”
Volcker report:-
The Independent Inquiry Committee(IIC)
appointed by the united nations. They submit their final report
on October 27, 2005. In it they told congress party is
beneficiary an entitlement of 4 million barrels of crude. In it
Mr. K. Natwar with an entitlement of 4 million barrels.
Allegation of the BJP:-
The opposition party BJP has accused
the congress party and its allies of being pro-muslim,
supporting sharia laws and showing unnatural favouritism to
the Indian muslim community or even promotion of Islamic
conservatism.
Charges for bidding for seats:-
The senior congress leader
Margaret Alva made a charge that congress seats for the
elections were up for bidding as opposed to a illegal
appointment to run. The congress party denying the claim, as
well as dropping her general secretary of the party.
Rahul Gandhi
says that “Democracy in political parties is non-existent in
India. You cannot enter unless you are well connected." In
response the recent allegations he said, "I had made some
recommendations to include some younger boys. I am not
unhappy with the distribution of tickets”.
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The BJP and many

Hindus have often accused Congress Party and their allies of
being soft on Islamic extremism, Islamic terrorism and
Islamism by scrapping Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act
(POTA).

SWOT analysis of Congress:-

Strength:-
Congress party has the following strengths:

Oldest party of India:-

The congress party is the oldest party
of the India. It was established in 1885. Congress play a very
big role into the independence of India. It is the major party of
the Indian politics. There are the eight prime-ministers that
rule the India are from the congress party. Indian people have
more faith in congress party and their policies.
Leading the country for the most time:-
For the long time
Congress has the monopoly in the Indian politics. Congress
party rule or lead the India for the eight times. It leads the
India more than 48 years after the independence. There is no
other party as big as congress. The only other party is BJP
that was established in 1980.
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People’s faith in it:-

Congress party exist from 1885. It
was play a very big role in the independence of the India.
Mostly the congress leaders were the freedom fighters and
they were fight for the independence of the India. So people
have the more faith in it.
Young leaders:-
Congress party have the more young
members than any other party in India. In 15th Lok Sabha
election there are more young leaders those win the election.
In the congress party there is many younger ministers. Rahul
Gandhi who is also a young person takes part in the all
activity of the congress party. In 15th Lok Sabha election
Rahul plays a very big role in winning.
Good policies:-
The policies of the congress are based on
Gandhian concept of Sarvodaya means upliftment of all
sections of the society. In particular congress gives special
emphasis on the welfare of the economically and socially
disadvantaged sections of the society. In this they include
education, employment etc.
Good leadership:-
It leadership is comes across as better
equipped to handle challenges and the problems. It had the
good leader like Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi etc. In present
time they also have the good leaders.
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No matters like hindutav:-

Congress party don’t have any
matter like hindutav that is followed by the BJP. Congress
believes that all person are same there is no Hindu and no
Muslim.
Other strengths:
• Good internal system that works in the coordination to
ensure the success of the party.
• Creativity and intellectual depth in the organization.
• Mostly have the young people.
• Absence of any big national party except BJP.

Weakness:-
Congress party have the following weakness:
Dependence on allies:-
The congress party mostly dependent
on the other parties to the majority in the assembley. This
allies harm the party for many time. The allies has their own
demand that is harmful for it and for the nation.
Supports the Muslim community:-
Congress party supports
the Muslim people so the other community like Hindu don’t
like it. BJP claims that the congress party is the Muslim party.
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Controversies:-
There are many controversies with the
congress party like anti Sikh riots (Blue star),
emergency etc.
Don’t have the support of the RSS:-
Like BJP congress
don’t has the support of RSS, so they don’t have the support
of the vast network of the RSS. RSS don’t support it because
they think that congress support the Muslim community not
the Hindu. Other thing is that Sonia Gandhi is not belongs to
the India so they don’t support the congress.
Family leader:-
In the congress party mostly the main leader
is from the Gandhi family. There is no other person that
became the chairman of the congress party. The leadership is
continued from family to family. So the people don’t have the
faith in the party.
Opportunities:-
Followings are the opportunities of congress.
• The party is in power of the five states and in centre.
• The image of the Sonia Gandhi has been improving.
• In the past few years congress has attracted people from
different political camps.
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• There is internal conflict in the BJP so that is the very

big opportunity for the congress.
• Have better leader in compression to the BJP.
• Welfare schemes could fetch electoral dividends.
Threats:-
Followings are the threats of congress party
• Allies are hemming it in the pre-poll scenario and
deserting it in the post-poll scene.
• Rising of the third front.
• The number of people who are inclined to be pro-
Hindutva is increasing almost every day.
• Rising unemployment is leading to frustration among the
youth.
This is the swot analysis of the congress party. It tells that
how congress is playing a very big role in Indian politics.
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Conclusion:-
After analysis of the congress party we can say
that at the present time party have the majority. The party is
the oldest party in Indian politics so it connected with people
from the long time.
Policies and programs are very good
because they are related with the people and beneficial for
them. It is the major party of India in it more young people
are involved, they work hard and with great passion.
In 2009 congress
comes with the very big majority in the Lok- Sabha. It has the
majority in the 7 states and in 3 states with alliance. To gain
the high attention of the Hindus they should change their
strategy because Hindus thinks that congress party is the
Muslim party and it supports the Muslim people.
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References:-
• www.oppapers.com.
• www.whereisdoc.com.
• www.indian-elections.com/partyprofiles/congress.html.
• www.connect.in.com/indian-national-congress/profile.
• www.aicc.org.in.