# 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). 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.

## 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.

## Organisation

The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) consists of the state level committees designated as Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (State Women's Congress Committee) which represents the AIMC in the states and union territories of India. The AIMC consists of the card–holding women members of the Indian National Congress which elects the executive committee and state president of each of the PMCCs.

### General Secretary

In October 2015 Nagma, who was previously a film actress, was appointed to the office General Secretary. 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.
In March 2020, Aiyshwarya Mahadev was appointed its National Secretary.
In August 2021, Netta D'Souza was appointed its Acting National President.

## List of presidents

| S.no | President | Period | Period | Home State |
| 1. | Begum Abida Ahmed | 1983 | 1988 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2. | Jayanti Patnaik | 1988 | 1990 | 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 | 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 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands TMCC | Zubaida Begum |
| Andhra Pradesh PMCC | Lam Tantiya Kumari |
| Arunachal Pradesh PMCC | Chuku Nachi |
| Assam PMCC | Mira Borthakur Goswami |
| Bihar PMCC | Sarwat Jahan Fatema |
| Chandigarh TMCC | Nandita Hooda |
| Chhattisgarh PMCC | Phulo Devi Netam |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu TMCC | |
| Delhi PMCC | Pushpa Singh |
| Goa PMCC | Dr. Pratiksha N Khalap |
| Gujarat PMCC | Geeta Patel |
| Haryana PMCC | Sudha Bhardwaj |
| Himachal Pradesh PMCC | Zainab Chandel |
| Jammu and Kashmir PMCC | Indu Pawar |
| Jharkhand PMCC | Gunjan Singh |
| Karnataka PMCC | Sowmya Reddy |
| Kerala PMCC | Jebi Mather |
| Ladakh TMCC | |
| Lakshadweep TMCC | |
| Madhya Pradesh PMCC | Vibha Patel |
| Maharashtra PMCC | Mrs. Charulata Tokas |
| Manipur PMCC | Mutum Sarma |
| Meghalaya PMCC | Joplyn S Shylla |
| Mizoram PMCC | Zodinliani |
| Mumbai RMCC | Anisha Bagul |
| Nagaland PMCC | Akumla Pongen |
| Odisha PMCC | Meenakshi Bahinipati |
| Puducherry PMCC | A. Rahamathunnisa |
| Punjab PMCC | Smt. Gurusharan Kaur Randhawa |
| Rajasthan PMCC | Smt. Sarika Singh |
| Sikkim PMCC | |
| Tamil Nadu PMCC | Hazeena Syed |
| Telangana PMCC | Sunitha Rao Mudiraj |
| Tripura PMCC | |
| Uttarakhand PMCC | Jyoti Rautela |
| Uttar Pradesh PMCC | Aradhana Mishra |
| West Bengal PMCC | Rasu Dutta |