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Will have new party president latest by June: Congress Working Committee

Analysts call it 'incremental movement' in addressing concerns of 23 dissidents

Sonia Gandhi to remain interim president for six months or longer until an All India Congress Committee (AICC) session is held to ‘select or elect’ a successor. Rahul remained non-committal on returning as party chief (Photo: PTI)

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The election will likely be held on May 29, which means interim presidentship of Sonia Gandhi will continue for five months

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Jan 23 2021 | 12:37 AM IST

The Congress Working Committee (CWC), which met on Friday, said the party would have an elected president latest by June 2021. This means the ‘interim’ presidentship of Sonia Gandhi — although there is no provision in the party constitution for such a post — would continue for another five months, keeping in view a clutch of assembly elections in April-May.

Political analysts called it an “incremental movement” in addressing the demand voiced by 23 Congress dissidents, called the Group of 23 (G23), that the party needs a full time, visible leadership.

Party general secretary K C Venugopal, who announced the decision, said:

Topics : Congress Working Committee Congress Sonia Gandhi

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