Updated On: 29 December, 2025 07:18 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says the year 2025 also marks the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi becoming the party president; he said India has become the world’s largest democracy due to the great leaders of the Congress.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi, and party MP Sonia Gandhi (left) during the flag-hoisting at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi. PIC/PTI
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On the 140th Foundation Day of the Congress, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday asserted that the Congress is an ideology and ideologies never die. Addressing party leaders and workers at the Indira Bhawan headquarters of the party, he said India has become the world’s largest democracy due to the great leaders of the Congress.
Noting that around the time of India’s Independence, many nations gained freedom, the Congress president pointed out that some countries failed while in others, dictatorship prevailed. “Only India is such a country where democracy is vibrant. It is due to the great leaders of the Congress that India has become the world’s largest democracy,” he claimed.