(As amended by AICC meeting at Delhi
on 18th December 1998)

&
RULES
(As approved by the Congress Working Committee at its
meeting on 16th January & 17th March, 1999)

Article I

OBJECT

The object of Indian National Congress is the well-being and advancement of the people of India and the establishment in India, by peaceful and constitutional means, of a Socialist State based on Parliamentary Democracy in which there is equality of opportunity and of political, economic and social rights and which aims at world peace and fellowship.

Article II

ALLEGIANCE TO CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

The Indian National Congress bears true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established and to the principles of socialism, secularism and democracy and would uphold the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.

Article II(A)

PARTY FLAG

The flag of the Indian National Congress shall consist of three horizontal colours: saffron, white and green with the picture of a Charkha in blue in the centre. It shall be made of certified Khadi.

Article III

CONSTITUENTS

The Indian National Congress will include the plenary and special sessions of the Congress and,

i) The All India Congress Committee,
(ii) The Working Committee,
(iii) Pradesh Congress Committees,
(iv) District/City Congress Committees,
(v) Committees subordinate to the District Congress Committee like Block or Constituency Congress Committee and other subordinate Committee to be determined by the Pradesh Congress Committee concerned.

Note: In this Constitution wherever the word "Pradesh" occurs, it will include "Territorial", the word "District" will include "City" as required by the context.

Rule Under Article III (iv) - Constituents - City Congress Committee:

The Pradesh Congress Committee with previous approval of the Working Committee will have the right to constitute City Congress Committee in the cities with population of over Five lakh. The City Congress Committee thus formed will have the status of a D.C.C.

Article IV

TERRITORIAL DIVISION

(a) Pradesh Congress Committees shall ordinarily be constituted in the Pradeshes named below with the headquarters mentioned against each:

Pradesh Headquarters
1.Andhra Hyderabad
2. Arunachal Itanagar
3. Assam Guwahati
4. Bihar Patna
5. Delhi Delhi
6. Goa Panaji
7. Gujarat Ahmedabad
8. Haryana Chandigarh
9. Himachal Shimla
10. Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar
11. Karnataka Bangalore
12. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
13. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
14. Maharashtra Mumbai
15. Manipur Imphal
16. Meghalaya Shillong
17. Mizoram Aizwal
18. Nagaland Kohima
19. Orissa Bhubaneshwar
20. Punjab Chandigarh
21. Rajasthan Jaipur
22. Sikkim Gangtok
23. Tamil Nadu Chennai
24. Tripura Agartala
25. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
26. West Bengal Calcutta.

Territorial Congress Committee shall be constituted in the territories named below with the headquarters mentioned against each :

Territory Headquarters
1. Andaman-Nocobar Islands Port Blair
2. Chandigarh Chandigarh
3. Dadra-Nagar Haveli Selvasa
4. Daman & Diu Moti Daman
5. Pondicherry Pondicherry
6. Lakshadweep Kavaratti

 

(c) The Pradesh Congress Committee may, with the previous sanction of the Working Committee, change its headquarters.

(d) The Working Committee may, after ascertaining the wishes of the Pradesh Congress Committee or committees concerned, constitute a new Pradesh, abolish an existing Pradesh, merge any existing Pradeshes into one or assign to a Pradesh, a District or a portion or portions of a District from any other Pradesh.

(e) The Working Committee shall have the power to give representation in such manner as it thinks proper to areas in the Union of India as have not been included in the jurisdiction of any PCC and/or direct that such an area or part thereof be included in a neighbouring Pradesh.