Since India gained independence in 1947, the Indian National Congress (INC) has seen a steady number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway organisations have thrived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political parties.

List of breakaway parties

Year Party Leader Region Status
1923Swaraj PartyChittaranjan Das, Motilal NehruBengal Presidencydefunct
merged with Indian National Congress
1939All India Forward Bloc[1]Sardul Singh Caveeshar
Sheel Bhadra Yagee
Subhas Chandra Bose
Nationalactive
1951Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[2]J. B. KripalaniMysore state
Madras State
Delhi
Vindhya Pradesh
defunct
merged with Praja Socialist Party
1951Hyderabad State Praja PartyTanguturi Prakasam
N. G. Ranga
Hyderabad Statedefunct
merged with Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1951Saurashtra Khedut SanghNarsinhbhai Dadhaniya
Ratibhai Ukabhai
Saurashtra Statedefunct
merged with Swatantra Party
1956Indian National Democratic Congress[3]C. RajagopalachariMadras Statedefunct
merged with Swatantra Party
1959Swatantra Party[4]C. Rajagopalachari
N. G. Ranga
Bihar
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Orissa
defunct
merged with Bharatiya Kranti Dal in 1974
1964Kerala Congress[5]K. M. GeorgeKeralaactive as the original party has various factions, which have split off from it such as Kerala Congress (M), Kerala Congress (Jacob), Kerala Congress (B), Kerala Congress (Democratic), Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas), Kerala Congress (Thomas), Kerala Congress (Nationalist)
1966Orissa Jana CongressHarekrushna MahatabOdishadefunct
merged with Janata Party
1967Bangla CongressAjoy MukherjeeWest Bengaldefunct
merged with INC
1967Vishal Haryana PartyBirender SinghHaryanadefunct
merged with INC
1967Bharatiya Kranti Dal[6][7]Charan SinghUttar Pradeshdefunct
merged with Bharatiya Lok Dal
1968Manipur Peoples Party[8]Mohammed AlimuddinManipuractive
1969Indian National Congress (R)Indira GandhiNationalactive
recognized as the INC by the Election Commission (EC) after the 1971 general election. The party was allowed to call itself the Indian National Congress without any suffix and the EC also restored the frozen Congress symbol of two bullocks to it. But, Indira Gandhi's supporters preferred the “Calf and Cow” symbol it had adopted after the 1969 split and dropped the suffix “R”..[9]
1969Indian National Congress (Organisation)[10]K. Kamaraj
Morarji Desai
Nationaldefunct
merged with Janata Party
1969Utkal CongressBiju PatnaikOdishadefunct
merged with Janata Party
1969Telangana Praja SamithiMarri Chenna ReddyAndhra Pradeshdefunct
merged with INC
1971Biplobi Bangla CongressSukumar RoyWest Bengalactive
part of the Left Front (West Bengal)
1977Congress for Democracy[11]Jagjivan RamNationaldefunct
merged with Janata party
1978Indian National Congress (Indira)Indira GandhiNationalRecognised by the Election Commission as the INC in 1981
1979Indian National Congress (Urs)D. Devaraj UrsKarnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Goa
defunct
become Indian National Congress (Socialist)
1980Congress (A)A. K. AntonyKeraladefunct
merged with INC
1981Indian National Congress (Socialist)[12]Sharad PawarKarnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Goa
defunct
merged with INC
1981Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)[12]Jagjivan RamBihardefunct
1984Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Sinha[13]Sarat Chandra SinhaAssamactive
Major faction of the party merged with Nationalist Congress Party. However a residual faction still exists in Kerala as a part of Left Front.
1986Rashtriya Samajwadi CongressPranab MukherjeeWest Bengaldefunct
merged with INC
1988Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani[14]Sivaji GanesanTamil Nadudefunct
merged with Janata Dal
1990Haryana Vikas PartyBansi LalHaryanadefunct
merged with INC in 2004
1994All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)[15]Narayan Datt Tiwari
Arjun Singh
Natwar Singh
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
Uttar Pradeshdefunct
merged with INC
1994Karnataka Congress PartyBangarappaKarnatakadefunct
merged with INC
1994Tamizhaga Rajiv CongressVazhapadi RamamurthyTamil Nadudefunct
merged with INC
1996Karnataka Vikas PartyBangarappaKarnatakadefunct
merged with INC
1996Arunachal CongressGegong ApangArunachal Pradeshdefunct
merged with INC
1996
2014
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)[16]G. K. Moopanar 1996-2001
G. K. Vasan (2014–present)
Tamil Naduactive
merged with INC in 2001
split again from INC in 2014
1996Madhya Pradesh Vikas CongressMadhavrao ScindiaMadhya Pradeshdefunct
merged with INC
1997Tamil Nadu Makkal CongressVazhapadi RamamurthyTamil Nadudefunct
1997Himachal Vikas CongressSukh RamHimachal Pradeshdefunct
merged with INC
1997 Manipur State Congress Party[17]Wahengbam Nipamacha SinghManipurdefunct
merged with RJD
1998All India Trinamool CongressMamata BanerjeeWest Bengalactive
left the alliance with INC
1998Goa Rajiv Congress PartyFrancis de SouzaGoadefunct
merged with Nationalist Congress Party
1998Arunachal Congress (Mithi)Mukut MithiArunachal Pradeshdefunct
merged with INC
1998All India Indira Congress (Secular)[18]Sis Ram OlaRajasthandefunct
merged with INC
1998Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi[19]Suresh KalmadiMaharashtradefunct
merged with INC
1999Bharatiya Jan CongressJagannath MishraBihardefunct
merged with Nationalist Congress Party
1999Nationalist Congress PartySharad Pawar
P.A. Sangma
Tariq Anwar
Maharashtra
Meghalaya
Bihar
Kerala
active
in alliance with INC. In Kerala NCP is a member of the CPIM led Left Democratic Front, opposing INC led UDF
1999Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic PartyMufti Mohammad SayeedJammu and Kashmiractive
2000Goa People's CongressFrancisco SardinhaGoadefunct
merged with INC
2001Congress Jananayaka PeravaiP. ChidambaramTamil Nadudefunct
merged with indian national congress
2001Thondar CongressKumari AnanthanTamil Nadudefunct
merged with INC
2001Pondicherry Makkal CongressP. KannanPuducherrydefunct
2002Vidarbha Janata CongressJambuwantrao DhoteMaharashtraactive
2002Indian National Congress (Sheik Hassan)Sheik HassanGoadefunct
merged with Bharatiya Janata Party
2002Gujarat Janata CongressChhabildas MehtaGujaratdefunct
merged with NCP
2003Congress (Dolo)Kameng DoloArunachal Pradeshdefunct
merged with Bharatiya Janata Party
2003Nagaland People's FrontNeiphiu RioNagalandactive
2005Pondicherry Munnetra CongressP. KannanPuducherrydefunct
merged with INC
2005Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)[20]K. KarunakaranKeraladefunct
merged with Nationalist Congress Party and a large number of workers returned to the INC with K. Karunakaran later his son K. Muraleedharan also returned to INC
2007Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)Kuldeep BishnoiHaryanamerged with INC
2008Pragatisheel Indira Congress (PIC)Somendra Nath MitraWest Bengaldefunct
merged with All India Trinamool Congress
2011YSR Congress PartyY. S. Jaganmohan ReddyAndhra Pradeshactive
2011All India N.R CongressN. RangaswamyPuducherryactive
2014Jai Samaikyandhra PartyNallari Kiran Kumar ReddyAndhra pradeshdefunct
merged with Indian National Congress
2016Chhattisgarh Janata CongressAjit JogiChhattisgarhactive
2019Makkal Munnetra CongressP. KannanPuducherrydefunct
merged with Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 Punjab Lok Congress Captain Amarinder SinghPunjabdefunct
merged with Bharatiya Janata Party
2022Democratic Azad PartyGulam Nabi AzadJammu and Kashmiractive

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