Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bangalore.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentD. K. Shivakumar
ChairpersonSiddaramaiah
General SecretaryL. Narayan
Rajya Sabha LeaderMallikarjun Kharge
HeadquartersCongress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bangalore, Karnataka
Youth wingKarnataka Youth Congress
Women's wingKarnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 28
Seats in Rajya Sabha
5 / 12
[1]
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
72 / 224
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Council
26 / 75
Election symbol
Website
www.karnatakapcc.com
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Electoral performance

Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats		 Outcome
Mysore State
1952 K. Chengalaraya Reddy
74 / 99
 Increase 74 Government
1957 S. Nijalingappa
150 / 208
 Increase 76 Government
1962 S. R. Kanthi
138 / 208
 Decrease 12 Government
1967 S. Nijalingappa
126 / 216
 Decrease 12 Government
1972 D. Devaraj Urs
165 / 216
 Increase 39 Government
Karnataka
1978 D. Devaraj Urs
149 / 224
 Decrease 16 Government
1983 R. Gundu Rao
82 / 224
 Decrease 67 Opposition
1985
65 / 224
 Decrease 17 Opposition
1989 Veerendra Patil
178 / 224
 Increase 113 Government
1994 Veerappa Moily
34 / 224
 Decrease 144 Opposition
1999 S.M. Krishna
132 / 224
 Increase 98 Government
2004
65 / 224
 Decrease 67 Opposition
2008 Siddaramaiah
80 / 224
 Increase 15 Opposition
2013
122 / 224
 Increase 42 Government
2018
80 / 224
 Decrease 42 Government, later opposition

Frontal Organisation Chiefs of Karnataka PCC[2]
#Name of the OrganisationName of the President
01Karnataka PCC PresidentD. K. Shivakumar
02Karnataka PCC Working PresidentsEshwara Khandre
Satish Jarkiholi
Saleem Ahmed
Ramalinga Reddy
R. Dhruvanarayana
03Karnataka Youth CongressM Nalapad
04Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress CommitteePushpa Amarnath
05NSUI KarnatakaKirthi Ganesh
06Karnataka Congress Seva DalRamachandra
07INTUC KarnatakaS.S. Praksham

Prominent members

Former Karnataka PCC Presidents[3]
#Name of the PresidentPeriod Duration
1S. Channaiah1967–1970[4] 2
2D. Devaraj Urs1970–1972 2
3K. H. Ranganath1972–1974 2
4K. H. Patil1974–Jan 1977 5
5S. B. Nagral[5][6]Jan 1977 -Jul 1977 1
6K. H. PatilJul 1977–1979 5
7 D. Devaraj Urs 1979-May 1979 1
8S. BangarappaMay 1979 – 1980 2
9K. H. Rathod1980–1983 3
10K. Mallanna[7]1983-1983 1
11K. H. Patil1983–1985 3
12 K. H. Ranganath 1985–1986 2
13 Oscar Fernandes 1986–1987 2
14 Janardhana Poojary 1987–1988 2
15 Veerendra Patil 1988–1989 2
16 Oscar Fernandes 1989–1992 4
17 V. Krishna Rao 1992–1995 4
18 D. K. Naiker 1995–1996 2
19 Dharam Singh 1996–1999 4
20 S. M. Krishna 1999–2000 2
21 V. S. Koujalgi 2000–2001 2
22 Allum Veerabhadrappa 2001–2003 3
23 Janardhana Poojary 2003–2005 3
24 Mallikarjun Kharge 2005–2008 4
25 R. V. Deshpande 2008–2010 3
26 G. Parameshwara 2010–2018 8
27 Dinesh Gundu Rao 2018–2020 2
28 D. K. Shivakumar 2020–present

2023 Legislative Assembly election

Protests and Incidents

On 15 August 2022, the Congress held a mega "Freedom March" in Bengaluru as a show of strength against the BJP government. Lakhs of people participated in this march.[8]

PayCM

In September 2022, the Congress set up QR codes of "PayCM" in many parts of Bengaluru. These posters had Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai's dotted face with the caption "40% Accepted Here...Scan this QR code to make CM PAY for Corruption" as a knockoff of the QR code of Paytm. These posters referred to the allegations that Bommai's BJP government took bribes in awarding public contracts and recruitments.[9] These QR codes took scanners to a website people could report corruption and make complains at a designated website - https://40percentsarkara.com/[10]

References
  1. "Rajya Sabha Official Website". 21 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. "Frontal Organization | KARNATAKA PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. "Former President's | KARNATAKA PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". www.karnatakapcc.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/95026/16/16_selected%20bibliography.pdf SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  5. Data India. Press Institute of India. 1977.
  6. S.bhuvaneshwari (15 October 2014). "Former Minister Dies". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830715-we-never-considered-the-kranti-ranga-to-be-our-supporters-ramakrishna-hegde-770844-2013-07-18 We never considered the Kranti Ranga to be our supporters: Ramakrishna Hegde
  8. "Congress takes out mega Freedom March in a show of strength". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 15 August 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 September 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "'PayCM' posters with Bommai's photo surface in Bengaluru as Congress makes corruption allegations". ANI News. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  10. "'PayCM' posters with Bommai's face dot Bengaluru as Congress takes '40% sarkar' jab at BJP". India Today. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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