Indian National Congress (U)

The Indian National Congress (U) was a breakaway faction of the Indira Gandhi-led Congress (I), formed in July 1979 by D. Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister of Karnataka. Urs' explanation of the split was the return of Indira's son Sanjay Gandhi into the party fold. Urs took with him many legislators from Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa including future Union Ministers and Chief Ministers, Yashwantrao Chavan, Dev Kant Baruah, Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, A.K. Antony, Sharad Pawar, Sarat Chandra Sinha, Priyaranjan Das Munshi and K. P. Unnikrishnan.

Subsequently, Devaraj Urs joined Janata Party; Yashwantrao Chavan, Brahmananda Reddy, and Chidambaram Subramaniam joined Congress (Indira); and A. K. Antony split from Congress (U) to form Congress (A) in Kerala. When Sharad Pawar took over the party presidency in October 1981, the name of the party was changed to Indian Congress (Socialist).

Leaders

• Devaraj Urs
• Yashwantrao Chavan
• Jagjivan Ram
• Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
• Dev Kant Baruah
• Vasantdada Patil
• Sharad Pawar
• Swaran Singh
• Chidambaram Subramaniam
• Siddhartha Shankar Ray
• Moulvi Fakhrey Alam
• Sarat Chandra Sinha
• Vayalar Ravi
• Karan Singh
• Priyaranjan Das Munshi
• Ambika Soni
• Oommen Chandy
• P. C. Chacko
• K.P. Unnikrishnan
• P. J. Kurien
• A. C. Shanmughadas
• K. C. Pant

See also

• Indian National Congress breakaway parties

References

1. Indian National Congress
2. Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)
3. Indian National Congress (disambiguation)
4. History of the Indian National Congress
5. List of presidents of the Indian National Congress
6. Congress (A)
7. Prataprao Baburao Bhosale
8. Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
9. Congress (Secular)
10. Trinamool Congress
11. Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency
12. Indian National Democratic Congress
13. Ambika Soni
14. Indian National Congress campaign for the 2024 Indian general election
15. National Congress of American Indians
16. Ehsan Jafri
17. List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance members
18. A. K. Saseendran
19. Nathuram Mirdha
20. Nandini Satpathy