Indian National Congress campaign for the 2019 Indian general election

Campaign	2019 Indian general election
Affiliation	Indian National Congress
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
Key people	Rahul Gandhi (Party President) Priyanka Vadra Sonia Gandhi
Website	www.inc.in

On 25 August 2018, Indian National Congress President Rahul Gandhi has constituted the Core Group Committee, Manifesto Committee and Publicity Committee for the upcoming 2019 Indian general election.^[1][2][3][4]

Leadership

Main article: Rahul Gandhi

Slogans

'Ab Hoga Nyay'

Main article: Nyuntam Aay Yojana

Congress on Sunday 7 April 2019 launched its Lok Sabha campaign slogan 'Ab Hoga Nyay' (Now, There Will be Justice) by weaving a narrative around the "injustice" meted out to countrymen and "atmosphere of despair" prevailing in the country during the Narendra Modi government.^[5]

Chowkidar Chor Hai

Main article: Chowkidar Chor Hai

Chowkidar Chor Hai (Hindi: चौकीदार चोर है। is a Hindi slogan used by the Indian National Congress in its campaign for the 2019 Indian general election. The slogan was coined by the Congress' Prime Ministerial candidate Rahul Gandhi as a slogan against Narendra Modi, with the intention of conveying that the person who was entrusted with safeguarding public money was in fact a thief.^[6]

Manifesto

The Congress Party manifesto can be found here: Congress Manifesto 2019

Results

State	Total Seats	Seats Won	Seat Change
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)	1	1	1
Andhra Pradesh	42	0
Arunachal Pradesh	2	0	1
Assam	14	3
Bihar	40	1	1
Chandigarh (UT)	1	0
Chhattisgarh	11	2	1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT)	1	1
Daman & Diu (UT)	1	1
Goa	2	1	1
Gujarat	26	0
Haryana	10	0	1
Himachal Pradesh	4	0
Jammu & Kashmir	6	0
Jharkhand	14	1	1
Karnataka	28	1	8
Kerala	20	15	7
Lakshadweep (UT)	1	0
Madhya Pradesh	29	1	1
Maharashtra	48	1	1
Manipur	2	2	2
Meghalaya	2	1
Mizoram	1	0	1
Nagaland	1	0
NCT of Delhi	7	0
Orissa	21	1	1
Puducherry (UT)	1	1	1
Punjab	13	8	5
Rajasthan	25	0
Sikkim	1	0
Tamil Nadu	39	8	8
Telangana	17	3	1
Tripura	2	0
Uttar Pradesh	80	1	1
Uttarakhand	5	0
West Bengal	42	2	2
Total	543	52	8

Alliance and candidates

Main article: List of United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election

Committees

Core Group Committee

1. A. K. Antony
2. Ghulam Nabi Azad
3. P. Chidambaram
4. Ashok Gehlot
5. Mallikarjun Kharge
6. Ahmed Patel
7. Jairam Ramesh
8. Randeep Surjewala
9. K. C. Venugopal

Manifesto Committee

1. Manpreet Singh Badal
2. P. Chidambaram
3. Sushmita Dev
4. Rajeev Gowda
5. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
6. Jairam Ramesh
7. Salman Khurshid
8. Bindu Krishna
9. Selja Kumari
10. Raghuveer Meena
11. Bhalchandra Mungekar
12. Meenakshi Natarajan
13. Rajni Patil
14. Sam Pitroda
15. Sachin Rao
16. Tamradhwaj Sahu
17. Mukul Sangma
18. Shashi Tharoor
19. Lalitesh Tripathi

Publicity Committee

1. Bhakta Charan Das
2. Praveen Chakravarty
3. Milind Murli Deora
4. Kumar Ketkar
5. Pawan Khera
6. V. D. Satheesan
7. Anand Sharma
8. Jaiveer Shergill
9. Rajeev Shukla
10. Divya Spandana
11. Randeep Surjewala
12. Manish Tewari
13. Pramod Tiwari

References

1. "Press Release - Lok Sabha Election Committees for 2019". Indian National Congress. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
2. "Congress Forms 9-Member Core Committee For 2019 Lok Sabha Polls". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
3. "Congress gears up for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi forms three key panels". 25 August 2018.
4. "Rahul Gandhi sets up three Congress committees on poll-related issues; panels include AK Antony, P Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel". Firstpost.
5. "Congress launches 'Ab Hoga Nyay' for Lok Sabha polls". Deccan Herald. 7 April 2019.
6. "'Chowkidar Chor Hai': Uddhav Thackeray Uses Rahul Gandhi's Jibe To Attack Modi". HuffPost India. 25 December 2018.

External links

• Official website