All India Mahila Congress
Women's wing of political party of India

All India Mahila Congress
AbbreviationAIMC
Formation15 September 1984 (38 years ago)
FoundersSucheta Kripalani,
Indian National Congress
Headquarters24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001
National President
Alka Lamba
Parent organization
Indian National Congress
Websitewww.inc.in/all-india-mahila-congress

All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), also referred to as Mahila Congress, is the women's wing of the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] It was founded in 1940 to promote the political and social empowerment of women in India. Currently Alka Lamba heads the All India Mahila Congress as its president appointed on 5 January 2024.[2]

History

An early high point for the organisation was a conference held in Bangalore in mid-1984 attended by Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and 30,000 delegates.[3]

Organisation

The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) consists of the state level committees designated as Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (translated as State Women's Congress Committee, and abbreviated as PMCC) which represent the AIMC in the states and union territories of India.[4] The AIMC consists of the card–holding women members of the Indian National Congress who elect the executive committee and state president of each of the PMCCs.[5][failed verification]

General Secretary

In October 2015 Nagma, who was previously a film actress, was appointed to the office General Secretary.[6] In January 2019 INC president Rahul Gandhi appointed Apsara Reddy as National General Secretary, Reddy being noted as the first transgender office holder in the AIMC.[7]

In March 2020, Aiyshwarya Mahadev was appointed its National Secretary.

In August 2021, Netta D'Souza was appointed its Acting National President.[8]

List of presidents

S.no President Portrait Period Home State
1. Abida Ahmed 1983 1988 Uttar Pradesh
2. Jayanti Patnaik 1988 1990[9] Odisha
3. Kumudben Joshi 1990 1993 Gujarat
4. Girija Vyas 1993 1998 Rajasthan
5. Ambika Soni 1998 1999 Punjab
6. Chandresh Kumari Katoch 1999 2003 Rajasthan
7. Rita Bahuguna Joshi 2003 2008 Uttar Pradesh
8. Prabha Thakur 2008 2011 Rajasthan
9. Anita Verma 2011 2013 Himachal Pradesh
10. Shobha Oza 2013 2017 Madhya Pradesh
11. Sushmita Dev 2017 2021[10] Assam
12. Netta D'Souza 2021 5 January 2024 Gujarat
13. Alka Lamba 5 January 2024 Incumbent Delhi

List of state presidents

PMCC PMCC President Source
Andaman and Nicobar Islands TMCC Zubaida Begum [11]
Andhra Pradesh PMCC Lam Tantiya Kumari [12]
Arunachal Pradesh PMCC Chugu Nachi [13]
Assam PMCC Mira Borthakur Goswami [14]
Bihar PMCC Sarwat Jahan Fatema [15]
Chandigarh TMCC Nandita Hooda [16]
Chhattisgarh PMCC Phulo Devi Netam [15]
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu TMCC Madhuri Shashikant Mahala [15]
Delhi PMCC Pushpa Singh [15]
Goa PMCC Dr. Pratiksha Khalap [17]
Gujarat PMCC Geetaben Patel [18]
Haryana PMCC Sudha Bhardwaj [15]
Himachal Pradesh PMCC Janeb Chandel [19]
Jammu and Kashmir PMCC Shameema Raina [15]
Jharkhand PMCC Gunjan Kumari Singh [15]
Karnataka PMCC Sowmya Reddy [15]
Kerala PMCC Jebi Mather [15]
Ladakh TMCC Stanzin A Dolkar [15]
Lakshadweep TMCC Sajidha A. [15]
Madhya Pradesh PMCC Vibha Patel [15]
Maharashtra PMCC Sandhya Sawalakhe [15]
Manipur PMCC Mutum Sarma Devi [15]
Meghalaya PMCC Joplyn Scott Shylla [15]
Mizoram PMCC Zodinliani [15]
Nagaland PMCC Odi Kumla Pongen [15]
Odisha PMCC Minakshi Bahinipati [15]
Puducherry PMCC A. Rahamathunnisa [15]
Punjab PMCC Gurusharan Kaur Randhawa [15]
Rajasthan PMCC Sarika Singh [15]
Sikkim PMCC
Tamil Nadu PMCC M. Hazeena Syed [15]
Telangana PMCC Sunitha Mogili Rao [15]
Tripura PMCC Sarbani Ghosh Chakraboty [15]
Uttarakhand PMCC Jyoti Rautela [15]
Uttar Pradesh PMCC (Central Zone) Mamta Choudhary [15]
Uttar Pradesh PMCC (East Zone) Shahla Ahrari [15]
Uttar Pradesh PMCC (Bundailkhand Zone) Karishma Thakur [15]
Uttar Pradesh PMCC (West Zone) Bharti Tyagi [15]
Uttar Pradesh PMCC (Agra Zone) Mamta Rajput [15]
West Bengal PMCC Subrata "Rasu" Dutta [15]

See also

References

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  • Official website
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