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

History

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

Congress Core Committee

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

References

Indian National Congress

Congress Core Committee