LIVE updates: Raghu Sharma slams Sibal, says no one is above party

Latest news LIVE updates: At the Congress Working Committee meet, upcoming assembly polls, Lakhimpur violence, farmers' protests are likely to be on agenda. Stay tuned for the latest news of the day

Live news updates: A crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party, will take place today at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi. At the meeting, CWC is expected to give the go-ahead for an organisational election for a full-term chief. The meeting would be attended by the CWC members, permanent invitees, and special invitees of the committee along with the chief ministers of the Congress-ruled states. The upcoming assembly polls in five states next year including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, Lakhimpur Kheri violence, farmers’ protests, and the economic situation of the country are likely to be on agenda.

Meanwhile, India continues to see a decline in coronavirus cases. Active caseload is nearing the 200,000-mark, while the tally has surged to 34,052,687.

Stay tuned for the latest news of the day.

6:03 PM

Nobody is above party's discipline: Raghu Sharma slams Sibal after CWC meeting

Senior Congress leader and Rajasthan Minister Raghu Sharma slammed Kapil Sibal after the Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi on Saturday and said that nobody is above the party's discipline, adding that partymen should put up their suggestions before High Command at the correct platform.

5:43 PM

CWC unanimous on making Rahul Gandhi Congress chief: Meria Kumar

Senior Congress party leader Meira Kumar said on Saturday that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) has unanimously decided that Rahul Gandhi be made the party chief.

"Talks were held in the CWC about Rahul Gandhi becoming the president of the party and everyone unanimously said his name," Kumar told ANI.

5:23 PM

BJP swipes at CWC with 'parivar bachao' tag, slams silence over Singhu

The BJP on Saturday mocked the Congress Working Committee meeting as "parivar bachao working committee" and alleged that it offered no answers to the issues of the party's internal rift and its leadership's failures, and instead indulged in spreading lies.

BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia also criticised the CWC for not reacting to the ghastly murder of a Dalit man at the Singhu border, one of the sites for the farmers' protests, and questioned if the opposition party stood with the "Talibani mindset" behind the killing.

4:32 PM

Elections to Congress president's post to be held in September 2022: Report

The Congress Working Committee on Saturday decided that the elections to the post of Congress president will be held in September next year, sources said

4:13 PM

"I will consider", says Rahul Gandhi on Congress President position: ANI

In CWC meeting, on the request of senior leaders to become the president, Rahul Gandhi said, "I will consider." He also said that he needs clarity at the level of ideology, from the party leaders, ANI reported.

4:07 PM

Chorus grows for Rahul Gandhi to become Congress president

Congress Working committee members on Saturday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to take over as the president of the party. A proposal in this regard was mooted by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and vetted by other Chief Ministers and leaders.

 

 

3:59 PM

No need to speak to me through media: Sonia Gandhi to G-23 leaders

"I have always appreciated frankness. There is no need to speak to me through the media. So let us all have a free and honest discussion. But what should get communicated outside the four walls of this room is the collective decision of the Congress Working Committee (CWC)," she said at the CWC meeting chaired by her at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office in New Delhi

2:17 PM

Centre's foreign policy diabolical instrument of electoral mobilisation, polarisation: Sonia Gandhi

Claiming that India's foreign policy has become a diabolical instrument of electoral mobilisation and polarisation, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said the consensus between government and Opposition on diplomatic issues has been damaged because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's continued reluctance to take the Opposition into confidence.

Speaking at the Congress' Working Commitee meeting, Gandhi said PM Modi's silence on borders issues is costing the nation 'dearly'.

12:33 PM

Sonia Gandhi on G-23

I have always appreciated frankness. There is no need to speak to me through the media. So let us all have a free and honest discussion. But what should get communicated outside the four walls of this room is the collective decision of the CWC.

 

11:45 AM

"I am, if you'll allow me to say so, a full-time and hands on Congress President...," says Sonia Gandhi at CWC

11:36 AM

The shocking incidents at Lakhimpur-Kheri recently betrays the mindset of BJP: Sonia Gandhi

"The shocking incidents at Lakhimpur-Kheri recently betrays the mindset of BJP, how it perceives Kisan Andolan, how it has been dealing with this determined struggle by Kisans to protect their lives & livelihoods," Congress interim pres Sonia Gandhi in her opening remarks at CWC

11:18 AM

It will not affect the our protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on body of a man found near Delhi-Haryana border

Whatever happened is wrong. Someone killed him and later the police arrested the killer. The matter is subject to investigation. It will not  affect the our protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on body of a man found at Singhu near Delhi-Haryana border.

11:12 AM

Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram receives rainfall

10:46 AM

CWC meet LIVE: Congress leaders meet to discuss the current political situation, upcoming Assembly polls

10:31 AM

Coronavirus update: Total number of samples tested up to October 15, is 589,835,258

Total number of samples tested up to October 15, is 589,835,258 including 923,003 samples tested yesterday.