For this question now there are four different explantaions. I feel
that the views of other members will help us to reach to any
conclusion. This question is frequently asked question in India
particularly during elections.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia



--- In IPRNG@..., Prasanna Venkatesan
<controlprasanna@y...> wrote:
> It was the communist party of that era (the early 50s)
> named who named Parthenium hysterophorus as congress
> weed.According to the Lefts perception, corruption was
> a new entity to india which was introduced by congress
> and so the weed.
>
> Prasanna
>
> --- "Dr. M. Mahadevappa" <mahadevrice@y...>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Pankaj,
> >
> > No where a reason is given. Whte flowers look lite
> > cap.2, Its spread was as rampant as ones congress
> > party was in India. Theses are possibl reasons.
> > Mahadevappa
> >
> > Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@i...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I received query from Prof.Zimdahl (Original
> > message is given below)
> > on this aspect. Please share your views regarding
> > name of Parthenium
> > as Congress weed.
> >
> > regards
> > Pankaj Oudhia
> >
> >
> > Received: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:25:07 AM MDT
> > From: "Dr. Zimdahl" <RZimdahl@a...>
> > To: pankaj.oudhia@u...
> > Subject: question
> >
> > Mr. Oudhia,
> > I am the author of Fundamentals of Weed Science
> > (a weed science
> > textbook) and am now preparing the third edition. I
> > met an Indian
> > student who attends Colorado State University a
> > short time ago and he
> > located the IPRHG website for me. My question is
> > why is Parthenium
> > hysterophorus called Congress weed in India? I am
> > insterested in the
> > origin of the common name.
> > Thank you for your assistance.
> > R. L. Zimdahl, Professor
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >