New Delhi, March 25 -- But the Akbar Road premises have yet to be vacated, with party activities still taking place there.

The new AICC headquarters is named after Indira Gandhi, India's first woman Prime Minister. It symbolises the Congress party's continuing mission to uphold the vision of its stalwarts, the party said.

The Congress, led by Indira Gandhi, moved into the 24, Akbar Road office in 1978 when the party was out of power for the first time since Independence.

At that time, Indira Gandhi was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections after the Emergency. The Congress had also split, and the Indira group did not have an office. The then MP from Andhra Pradesh, Gaddam Venkatswamy, offered his official residence - 24, Akbar Road - to ...