'Collective leadership' on CWC anvil as Cong faces worst crisis in decades

Those made to feel insulted in the past by Rahul Gandhi seem to have joined hands to suggest that he admit lack of success in leading the party and pass the baton on to a committee-like structure

A mechanism to lead the Congress (I) via ‘collective leadership’ is expected to be spelt out at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting scheduled for Monday, underscoring the worst internal crisis in the party in the last ten years. Interim President Sonia Gandhi is expected to offer her resignation at the meeting.

Twenty-three party members at varying levels of seniority are reported to have signed a letter earlier this month, addressed to interim president Sonia Gandhi, asking for a collective leadership mechanism. The faultlines created by this letter were felt at a meeting of Rajya Sabha leaders called by Sonia Gandhi