Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee

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Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
President Devender Yadav (interim)
HeadquartersRajiv Bhawan, 2, DDU Marg New Delhi-110002
Youth wing Delhi Youth Congress
Women's wing Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
Alliance United Progressive Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
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Seats in  Rajya Sabha
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Seats in  Delhi Legislative Assembly
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Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the union territory of Delhi. [1] It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the region, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in National Capital Territory of Delhi. Abhishek Dutt, Mudit Agarwal, Shivani Chopra, Ali Mehdi and Jaikishan are the Vice Presidents of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. [2]

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Mohd Hedayatullah (Gentle) is the Chairman of Social Media Department, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. Sandeep Goswami is the Treasurer. Media Department is headed by Parvez Alam.

Amit Malik is Former General Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee and Former President of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress. [3] [4]

Structure and composition

#Name of the OrganisationName of the PresidentName of the Vice President
01Youth CongressRannvijay Singh LochavNIL
03 Delhi Mahila Congress Amrita DhawanNIL
04NSUIKunal SehrawatDeepanshu Sagar
05SevadalSunil KumarNIL
06Delhi Pradesh Congress Social MediaRahul Sharma
07.INTUCNIL
08Kisan CongressRajbir SolankiNIL

List of presidents

No.Name of the PresidentTerm
1 Aruna Asaf Ali 19461948
2 Radha Raman 19481951
3 Bhram Prakash 19511953
4 C K Nayyar 19531955
519571959
619591961
7Brij Mohan19611963
8Mir Mushtaq Ahmad19631966
(3) Bhram Prakash 19661967
9Rajesh Sharma19671969
(2) Radha Raman 19691972
10 H. K. L. Bhagat 19721975
11Amarnath Chawla19751977
1219771978
(10) H. K. L. Bhagat 19781983
13 Tajdar Babar 19841988
14 Prem Singh 19881992
(10) H. K. L. Bhagat 19921994
15 Deep Chand Bandhu 19941997
(14) Prem Singh 19971998
16 Sheila Dikshit 19981999
17 Subhash Chopra 19992003
(14) Prem Singh 11 June 20032004
18 Ram Babu Sharma November 20042007
19 Jai Prakash Agarwal 13 September 200716 December 2013
20 Arvinder Singh Lovely 20 December 201310 February 2015
21 Ajay Maken 2 March 20155 January 2019
(16) Sheila Dikshit 11 January 201920 July 2019
(17) Subhash Chopra 23 October 201912 February 2020
22 Anil Chaudhary 11 March 202031 August 2023
(20) Arvinder Singh Lovely 31 August 202328 April 2024
23 Devender Yadav 29 April 2024Incumbent

List of the chief ministers of Delhi from the Indian National Congress

Following is the list of the chief ministers of Delhi from Indian National Congress:

No.Chief ministersPortraitTerm in officeAssemblyConstituency
StartEndTenure
1 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg 17 March 195212 February 19552 years, 332 daysInterim Assembly Nangloi Jat
2 Gurmukh Nihal Singh Gurmukh Nihal Singh.png 13 February 195531 October 19561 year, 261 daysInterim Assembly Daryaganj
3 Sheila Dikshit Sheila Dikshit Ji.jpg 4 December 19981 December 200315 years, 22 days 2nd Assembly Gole Market
2 December 200329 November 2008 3rd Assembly
30 November 200827 December 2013 4th Assembly New Delhi

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