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Congress Sandesh May,2002 (1084 words) |
 | On 12th February, Congress Working Committee met at Bardoli and suspended Civil-Disobedience and constructive programme was advocated. |
 | Advocated obstruction at the Amritsar Congress in 1919. |
 | Committees were appointed for revising the Constitution and to prepare a draft of the National Pact. |
| India the Congress (3544 words) |
 | The Congress (I)'s share of the vote increased by 8.2 percent to 42.7 percent of the total vote, and its number of seats in the Lok Sabha grew to 353, a majority of about two-thirds. |
 | Despite the court ruling, in September the Congress (I) entered into an agreement with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP--World Hindu Council), a conservative religious organization with close ties to Hindu nationalists, to allow the VHP to proceed with a ceremony to lay the foundation for the Ramjanmabhumi (birthplace of Ram) Temple. |
 | In Bihar the seats won by the Congress (I) fell from four to one, and the Congress (I) share of the vote was reduced from 28 percent to 22 percent. |