The Congress party, which faced a major setback following the ouster of party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad, held an important meeting yesterday and announced that it would elect its president on October 17. The results of the elections are to be announced on October. 19.
Looking at the list of potential contenders, one name seems to be dominating the favorites list, but the name is no surprise. Congress workers declared, ‘Rahul Gandhi remains the No 1 choice, even as the former party president is adamant that he does not want the top post.
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– Congress (@INCIndia) 28 August 2022
Sources say there was no mention of it Rahul Gandhi Took over as Congress President at 30-minute CWC meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi, who is abroad for medical checkup, but the chorus grows for #RahulForPresident.
“Frankly, from everyone I have spoken to or I have felt their opinion, he remains number one (choice) and he remains alone. “We have no clue whether he will accept our request or not,” Salman Khurshid, a permanent invitee of the Congress Working Committee, told PTI.
Not only Khurshid, many senior party members have insisted on supporting Rahul Gandhi to be made the president. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who is in the list of contenders for the top post, sought to dispel reports of him being at the forefront and said efforts would be made till the last minute to get Rahul Gandhi to take over the reins of power. Party once again.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge also echoed the sentiment and said that Rahul Gandhi would be persuaded to return as Congress president as there is no one other than him in the party who has a pan-India appeal.
The leadership crisis is a long-standing problem for the oldest party, which last contested for the top post in 2000 and has often faced criticism over dynastic politics due to the Gandhi family’s control over its affairs.
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Sonia Gandhi remains the longest-serving party president and has been at the helm since Rahul Gandhi took office, except for a two-year period between 1998 and 2017-19. Rahul Gandhi resigned from the post of Congress President after the party suffered a second consecutive defeat in the 2019 parliamentary elections.
Sonia Gandhi then took over the reins of the party once again as interim president and had offered to step down in 2020 after an open rebellion by a section of leaders – called the G-23, but the CWC urged her to continue. was requested. Sonia Gandhi, who is the current working president, said she would not serve as the party chief citing health reasons.
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