India’s Congress party rejuvenated by strong election showing, but leaders say challenges remain
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India's opposition Congress' leader Rahul Gandhi focused on unemployment issues facing the youth at the recent general election.
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NEW DELHI – The despondency that had settled over India’s opposition Congress party after stinging electoral defeats at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 and 2019 general elections was palpable for much of the last decade.
But now, after a strong showing in the 2024 General Election, the mood within Congress, which managed to win in state-level polls during that period, has turned the most upbeat it has been in the past decade.
