Indian National Congress (Urs)

The Indian National Congress (Urs) was a breakaway faction of the Congress (I) led by D. Devraj Urs. It broke away from the parent party in 1978 following Indira Gandhi's drubbing in the 1977 General Elections. Urs took with him many legislators from Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa including future Union Ministers and Chief Ministers, Yashwantrao Chavan, Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, A.K. Antony, Sharad Pawar, 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 (Urs) 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)^[1]

Leaders

• Devaraj Urs
• Yashwantrao Chavan
• Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
• Swaran Singh
• Chidambaram Subramaniam
• A.K. Antony
• Sharad Pawar
• Dev Kant Baruah
• Priyaranjan Das Munshi
• Vayalar Ravi
• Ambika Soni
• Sarat Chandra Sinha
• Oommen Chandy
• K.P. Unnikrishnan
• Kadannappally Ramachandran
• P.C. Chacko

See also

• Indian National Congress breakaway parties

References

1. ^ Andersen, Walter K.. India in 1981: Stronger Political Authority and Social Tension, published in Asian Survey, Vol. 22, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1981: Part II (Feb., 1982), pp. 119-135