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The foundation stone of Indira Bhawan was laid by the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi in December 2009 on the completion of the party’s 125th year.
24, Akbar Road… Congress Party Office. After about 46 years, this address will change from today i.e. 15th January. The new address will be ‘Indira Gandhi Bhawan’ 9A, Kotla Road. It is about 500 meters away from the BJP headquarters in Delhi.
It will be inaugurated at 10 am in the presence of more than 400 party leaders including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi. Its foundation stone was laid by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi in 2009. It has been completed after 15 years.
Entry point changed for the second time because of BJP The main entrance of the new Congress office is not from the front but from the back door. The reason for this is BJP. Actually, the front entrance of the office is on Deendayal Upadhyay Marg. In such a situation, this name would have appeared on the address, hence instead of the front entrance, the party chose the backdoor entry, which opens on Kotla Road.
In the 70s, the Congress office was on Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road. Its address was 3, Raisina Road. Atal Bihari Vajpayee used to live just opposite to this at 6, Raisina Road, hence Congress had chosen backdoor entry here also.
After the split in Congress in 1978, Office Party MP G Venkataswamy was shifted to allotted bungalow 24, Akbar Road. From then till now this has been the address of the Congress headquarters.
Burma House became Congress’s lucky charm 24, Akbar Road was once the home of the Chief of the Indian Air Force. Apart from this, it was also the office of the Political Surveillance Wing of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Before that this bungalow was known as Burma House.
This name was given to the bungalow by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Actually, Myanmar’s Ambassador to India Dr. Khin Kai lived in this bungalow. She was the mother of Aung San Suu Kyi, known as the Iron Lady of Myanmar, and lived in this bungalow with Aung for about 15 years.
When Indira chose 24, Akbar Road as the Congress headquarters, the party was facing a lot of difficulties. But this office proved to be very lucky for both Congress and Indira.
In the mid-term elections of 1980, Congress returned to power with an overwhelming majority. This office witnessed four Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh.
January 14: The party flag was lowered for the last time at the old office.
On January 14, the Congress flag was lowered for the last time at the party headquarters located at 24 Akbar Road.
Congress will not leave the old office According to sources, Congress will not vacate its old office even after shifting to the new office. There will be meetings and meetings of big leaders here. Before Congress, BJP too has not left its old office 11, Ashok Road even after shifting to the new office located at Deendayal Upadhyay Marg.
The central government had canceled the allotment of four bungalows given to Congress in 2015. This also included 24, Akbar Road. Apart from this, the allotment of 26 Akbar Road (Congress Seva Dal Office), 5-Raisina Road (Youth Congress Office) and C-II/109 Chanakyapuri (allotted to Sonia Gandhi’s aide Vincent George) was also cancelled.
Supreme Court had given instructions to change the office The Supreme Court had directed all the parties to change their offices due to overcrowding in Lutyens Zone. After this, BJP first established its office on Deendayal Upadhyay Marg in 2018.
Congress also found its new base in the neighborhood of BJP. Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath had said that BJP has spent Rs 700 crore in building the office.
BJP’s target to create 768 offices in the country While laying the foundation stone of Goa’s state headquarters in August 2024, BJP President JP Nadda said – the party plans to create a total of 768 offices in all the states, union territories and districts of the country. Of these, 563 offices are ready, while work on 96 is in progress.
Information about 28 states and 9 UT headquarters is available on the party’s website. There is one headquarter in UT Dadra and Nagar Haveli and two in Daman and Diu. Actually before 2020 these were two separate UTs.
Congress also has offices in all the states and UTs. The party also has offices in most of the districts of the country. However, clear information about these figures is not available.