'And he [Mahesh Kapoor] greeted, before he had walked ten steps a professor of literature...; two influential members of the state legislature from the Congress Party...' (p. 7)
The Congress Party, better known as the Indian National Congress (INC), is the major political party of India. Founded in 1885, it led Indian Independence Movement against the British rule.
At this time in the novel, Jawaharlal Nehru is at the head of the Congress Party.
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