It was active during the East Prigorodny conflict, when it focused on the plight of Ingush refugees and the Russian military's support for the government of North Ossetia.

[1] The East Prigorodny conflict began in October 1992, and ended within a month, resulting in the ethnic cleansing of the region's Ingush population.

[4] Prior to the 1993 Ingush presidential election the congress selected major general Ruslan Aushev as its candidate in December 1992, although he was an independent.

[5] The slow pace of efforts to resettle Ingush refugees from the conflict, as well as continued ethnic violence in eastern North Ossetia, led to another outburst of anti-Russian sentiment.

On 15 May 1993, the congress declared its intention to establish the Republic of Ingushetia as a "secular, legal, democratic state in union with the Russian Federation".