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The '''Congress Core Committee''' (also known as '''Congress Core Group''') was a group of top politicians in the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130716161755/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-13/news/40554026_1_telangana-issue-telangana-statehood-creating-telangana-state Congress Core Committee to take final call on Telangana]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130721083353/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-18/india/40656404_1_botsa-satyanarayana-pcc-chief-the-cwc Congress working committee to take final call on Telangana: Botsa Satyanarayana]</ref><ref>[http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/39394e97a08887464159cd20efc39f65/congress-core-group-meets-to-discuss-rti-amendments-telangana Congress core group meets to discuss RTI amendments, Telangana] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130720014035/http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/39394e97a08887464159cd20efc39f65/congress-core-group-meets-to-discuss-rti-amendments-telangana |date=2013-07-20 }}</ref> It was chaired by the Congress president, [[Sonia Gandhi]].<br />
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==History==<br />
It was formed in 2004 to help the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/53182/|title = Manipur: Govt thinks twice, and some more|date = 16 August 2004}}</ref> The first committee consisted of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], [[Pranab Mukherjee]], [[A. K. Antony]], [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]] and [[P. Chidambaram]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_print.asp?filename=Ne012106Thirteen_at.asp |title=Tehelka - the People's Paper |access-date=2013-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025431/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_print.asp?filename=Ne012106Thirteen_at.asp |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The committee met every week to take stock of the situation and decide on important issues. The committee was finally dissolved in June 2019. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul will remain our chief, say Congress leaders|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jun/12/congress-core-panel-axed-rahul-gandhi-to-remain-president-1989282.html|access-date=2020-08-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==The members==<br />
In 2013, the committee had only 10 members <br />
*[[Sonia Gandhi]] - [[President of the Indian National Congress]]<br />
*[[Manmohan Singh]] - Former [[Prime Minister of India]]<br />
*[[A. K. Antony]] Former [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister of India]]<br />
*[[P. Chidambaram]] <br />
*[[Ahmed Patel]]<br />
*[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]<br />
*[[Ashok Gehlot]]<br />
*[[Randeep Surjewala]]<br />
*[[Jairam Ramesh]]<br />
*[[K. C. Venugopal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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