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.
Congress Working Committee has asked the workers across the country to help poor people, who are affected by the COVID pandemic, informed party national General Secretary KC Venugopal on April 17.
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.
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.
After crucial CWC meeting that ended with interim party chief Sonia Gandhi being asked to continue for the time being and an "all is well" vibe given by Congress, the signatories to the letter calling for a change in the party leadership met at LoP in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Azad's house.
Following the meeting of Congress Working Committee, member, and Congress leader KH Muniyappa informed that Sonia Gandhi will continue as Congress party's interim president.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting has begun as the party stands divided on the leadership issue with a section demanding "collective" leadership and another reposing faith in the Gandhi family.
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The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is expected to witness a major showdown in a debate over the leadership issue on Monday. The highest decision-making body of the party will meet at 11 am through video conference amid a debate raging in the Congress over the uncertainty related to its leadership.
Amid questions being raised on Congress' top leadership, Sanjay Jha, suspended Congress leader, has claimed that about 100 party leaders have written to interim president Sonia Gandhi — who is on the top job for over a year now — for elections to the party president's post and CWC.
Interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has said that lockdown may be necessary but its unplanned implementation has caused chaos and pain to millions of migrant workers.
The Congress will strongly raise the issue of communal riots in Delhi during the second part of the Budget Session in Parliament starting on Monday and demand Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation over alleged police lapses.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet for the second time on Saturday evening to take a final call on the new party president after a number of leaders, including state chiefs and MPs, backed Rahul Gandhi to continue on the post despite his refusal to reconsider his resignation.
The meeting was attended by outgoing Congress President Rahul Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ahmed Patel, Priyanka Gandhi, Harish Rawat, P. Chidambaram, A.K. Antony, Veerapa Moily, Deepender Singh Hooda and K.C. Venugopal, among others.
The CWC has provided video-conferencing facilities to 20 state Waqf boards and will extend it include the remaining by year end, the Minister said.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have told leaders at the Congress Working Committee meeting on Saturday that he was ready to carry the ideological battle against the BJP-RSS but does not want to be bogged down by routine matters and they should chose a new party chief from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Led by Rahul's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a host of party leaders met the angry and sulking Congress President at his residence through the day, amid reports that he had conveyed to them that he could at best lead the party in Parliament as the chief of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP).
The CWC meeting was presided over by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and attended among others by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: “I'm happy that Rahul Gandhi has formed a new team and it's unnecessary to discuss who is part of it," Singh said.
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