The Congress party on Wednesday moved its national headquarters to 24 Akbar Road in New Delhi. The Congress Headquarters has shifted to a new address – Indira Bhawan at 9A, Kotla Road.
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The new Headquarters is a five-storey building. It is named after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi The New building was formally inaugurated by Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi. Other prominent party leaders like President Mallikarjun Kharge, and the leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi were also present during the event.
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The foundation stone for the new building was laid by former prime minister late Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the then Congress president in December 2009. But it took the party 15 years to shift to the new building.
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LoP Rahul Gandhi in a post on X wrote, “The Congress Party, together with the people, has built the success of India on the foundation of the Constitution. Congress has played the responsibility of protecting the rights of the people, from the creation of the Constitution to its protection.”
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He further wrote, “Our new headquarters symbolizes our rich historical heritage and vision. Our traditions, roots, and existence are deeply embedded in the soul of India. Walking on this path, we will continue to fight for justice, equality, and the Constitution.”
कांग्रेस पार्टी ने लोगों के साथ मिल कर, संविधान की बुनियाद पर, भारत की सफलता का निर्माण किया है। लोगों के अधिकारों के कवच, संविधान की रचना से लेकर रक्षा तक का दायित्व कांग्रेस ने निभाया है।
हमारा नया मुख्यालय हमारी इसी समृद्ध ऐतिहासिक विरासत और विज़न का प्रतीक है।
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 15, 2025
The new development comes after five decades of calling the white Type VII bungalow on Akbar Road in Lutyens’ Delhi home. The Congress shifted its operations to a new location on Wednesday. This marks a key moment in the history of the grand old party which has operated from the 24, Akbar Road premises for the last 47 years.
The party has worked in the old headquarters since 1978. During that time it used to be the official residence of the then Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh. MP Gaddam Venkatswamy was a close aide of Former PM Indira Gandhi.
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The new Congress headquarters which is named Indira Bhawan, is barely a kilometre away from the BJP’s national headquarters. The BJP headquarters is located on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg in New Delhi.
Despite being on the same road, the address of the Congress head office is Kotla Marg, and not Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg. According to reports, The national headquarters of the BJP is on a walking distance from the Congress party’s new address.
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Ideally, the main entrance of the Congress office should have been Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg. But the Congress party decided to have the front entrance of its new office on Kotla Road, instead of DDU Marg, named after Jana Sangh (later BJP) ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
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The Congress party has been working out of the sprawling 24, Akbar Road bungalow in the national capital’s Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ) since 1978 when it used to be the official residence of the then Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh, Gaddam Venkatswamy, a close aide of Indira Gandhi.
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According to a Supreme Court order asking political parties to move their registered offices out of the LBZ, the Centre in 2005-06 identified the area between New Delhi’s ITO (Income Tax Office) traffic junction and Connaught Place, with Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Marg connecting the two landmarks, for allotting plots of land to political parties.
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People with belief in Vastu Shastra are known to make major changes to houses and offices, but by opting for Kotla Marg over Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, the Congress is refusing to be in any way associated with a leader who is one of the ideological founts of its main political opponent, the BJP.
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Political commentator and author Rasheed Kidwai in an interview with India Today Digital said, “The new [Congress] office address is Indira Bhawan on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, where the BJP already has an impressive headquarters”.
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According to reports, the Akbar Road bungalow that once housed Sir Reginald Maxwell, a member of Viceroy Lord Linlithgow’s executive council, was later occupied by Aung San Suu Kyi and her family during her mother’s tenure as Myanmar’s ambassador to India. It was then named Burma House by Jawaharlal Nehru in recognition of the diplomatic ties.
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