CWC likely to give nod to elections for new party president
India | October 10, 2021 11:34 ISTSenior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had launched an attack on the party leadership, asking who was taking decisions in the party.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had launched an attack on the party leadership, asking who was taking decisions in the party.
The Congress, which headed the Assam Grand Alliance, managed to win just 29 seats in the 126-seat Assam Assembly.
According to sources, during the meeting Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, without naming anyone, said that there are other issues in the country, however for few leaders only organisational election matters.
Several Congress leaders are demanding a full-time and active party president and an organisational overhaul since the paty's loss in 2019 general elections.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the dissenters' letter, has said "Congress will continue to sit in the opposition for the next 50 years" if it did not conduct elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and other key organisational posts within the party.
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad clarified on Monday that Rahul Gandhi had never stated that those who wrote the letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi were colluding with or doing so at the behest of the BJP.
CWC meeting held on Monday discussed future leadership of the party after a section of leaders demanded "collective" leadership and another reposing faith in the Gandhi family. During the day-long proceedings, Congress leaders requested Sonia Gandhi to continue as party chief for next 6 months.
Congress Working president Sonia Gandhi has told a senior Congress leader that she does not want to continue as the chief and has asked to start the process to find a new president, sources said. Sonia Gandhi has asked party leaders to start the process of finding a new president.
Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that 12 crore jobs have been lost in the first phase of the lockdown asking the government to provide at least Rs 7,500 to each family to tide over this crisis.
When the names of Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Mukul Wasnik and Jyotiraditya Scindia were proposed at the sub-group discussions, very few hands came up in agreement. Worried at the prospect of a split in the party ranks, the Congress fell back on Sonia Gandhi to lead the party.
Rahul Gandhi had posted his letter of resignation on Twitter on Wednesday, in which he said he was honoured to serve the Congress party. Meanwhile, there were speculations that Motilal Vora would be appointed as interim party president. Denying any such development, the Congress party sources said any decision on the party chief will be taken collectively.
"We have to continue our fight. I am and will remain a disciplined soldier of the Congress and continue to fight fearlessly. But I do not want to remain the party president," Rahul Gandhi said.
He made the offer at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet held here to discuss the reasons for the party's abysmal performance in the elections. The CWC members, however, rejected Rahul Gandhi's offer.
PM Narendra Modi has staked claim to form a new government at the Centre.
Top party leaders, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are expected to attend the meeting.
"The Prime Minister has betrayed the public and he has failed. We will not allow the PM to mislead and fool the people of India," said Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma.
Priyanka said the Modi government did not fulfil its promises of providing jobs to crores of people in the country.
Giving her first speech since assuming charge as Congress general secretary, Priyanka on Tuesday attacked Modi government and claimed that while hatred was being spread in the country, the government has failed to fulfill its promises about money and jobs.
A meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and a public rally, with party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi among the key speakers, will be held here on March 12.
A special committee was formed for the CWC meeting, which was to discuss economic, foreign and social policies.
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