As Congress continues to discuss future leadership, sources said all leaders want Rahul Gandhi to take the responsibility of party president at which point he said it should be left to the electoral process of the party.

Facebook is mired in controversy for a long time in the country. Back in August, Rahul had cited another report to say that Facebook’s policies were allegedly biased and favoured the ruling BJP due to its business interests. India is Facebook's biggest market in terms of active users.

As per sources, senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Bhupender Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan and Shashi Tharoor will be attending the meeting.

In what can be seen as an act of placation, Congress President Sonia Gandhi will meet 23 dissenters on December 19, informed sources told India TV. The key meet comes ahead of the party's internal election which is expected to take place soon.

According to reports, the 65-year-old also left a suicide note stating that "he couldn't see the ordeal of farmers who are sitting on the outskirts of the national capital protesting against the recently-passed farm laws".

Rahul Gandhi was disallowed to speak at the meeting by the panel chairman Jual Oram (BJP) when he sought to raise the issues of Chinese aggression.

India celebrates December 16 as Vijay Diwas to commemorate its victory over Pakistan during the 1971 war that led to the creation of Bangladesh.

At least five rounds of formal talks have taken place between the Centre and representatives of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, protesting on various borders of the national capital for over two weeks, but the deadlock has continued with the unions sticking to their main demand for the repeal of the three contentious laws.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to tell the difference between coriander and fenugreek while criticising the opposition's stance amid the ongoing farmers' protest.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will clarify at the all-party meeting by when will every Indian get free COVID-19 vaccine.

Sharad Pawar, an ally of the Congress, however, took exception to Barack Obama's unflattering comments on Rahul Gandhi.

The Centre said there may not be a need to vaccinate the country's entire population against Covid-19

Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are holding  protests at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders of the national capital against the Centre's new agri-marketing laws.  

"In BJP/RSS vision of India, Adivasis and Dalits should not have access to education," Gandhi alleged.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was laid to rest at his native village Piraman in Gujarat's Bharuch district on Thursday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attended the funeral of the party's key strategist and troubleshooter, who died on Wednesday. The mortal remains of Patel, who died following COVID-19 complications at the age of 71, was on Wednesday night brought to his native place in Bharuch.

The last election for the CWC was held in year 1997, and the election for the post of president was held in year 2000

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday posed four questions relating to potential coronavirus vaccines before Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi sought to know which COVID-19 vaccine will the government choose and why. He asked by when will all Indians be vaccinated.

Rahul Gandhi has renewed his attack on the Modi government over reports of China establishing villages inside Bhutanese territory in Doklam.

After the dissenting group in the Congress targeted the party leadership for the poor performance in the Bihar Assembly polls, the loyalists have now come out in defence of top brass, even as dissenters claimed they are fighting for party's rivival.

Along with his tweet attacking the state government, Gandhi tagged a media report which claimed that the incident of burning alive a young woman in Vaishali was kept under wraps as elections were on.