Days after the Congress working committee meeting, party's senior leader Kapil Sibal urged that the 'Gandhis should step aside from leadership role and give a chance to someone else to lead the party'
The Congress Working Committee, during its nearly five-hour meeting, reposed full faith in her leadership, urging her to effect immediate corrective changes to strengthen the party
The chorus for making Rahul Gandhi Congress president again grew louder on Sunday as several leaders and workers voiced support for him to take on the mantle of party chief. Ahead of a crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said no one was taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Gandhi does and was fighting resolutely. "The prime minister has to start his speech after targeting Rahul Gandhi, you can understand what this means," Gehlot said. He accused the BJP of winning the recent round of assembly polls by indulging in polarisation. However, he accepted that the Congress lost in Punjab due to infighting. Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar also backed the idea to make Gandhi the party chief. "As I have said it earlier as well, Sh. Rahul Gandhi should take up the Congress presidency in a full time role immediately. This is the wish of millions of Congress workers like me," he tweeted. Congress workers from around Delhi, w
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The meeting comes in the wake of the G-23 leaders putting pressure on the party to advance the internal polls
As per sources, the leaders sought accountability for the poll debacle be fixed and changes be made in the composition of the Congress Working Committee
CWC meet offers no solutions for Congress decay
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who has arrived here to take part in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday has met senior party leader Ambika Soni.
The G-23 leaders have demanded elections for CWC members, Central Election Committee members, and Parliamentary Board Elections
The Congress Working Committee is likely to meet by the end of the month amid demands by several leaders including those from the G-23 dissident group to hold internal deliberations
Azad, along with 22 other leaders, had last year written to Congress president demanding organisational overhaul and elections to all party posts
As the second wave of Covid-19 continues to ravage the country, Congress is likely to hold a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on May 10 to discuss the pandemic situation in India
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) to virtually meet on April 17 to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the country
The crucial meeting, being held virtually, will also finalise the plan for organisational elections, including that of the next Congress president
Congress General Secretary and national media in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "CWC meeting begins. Congress President Sonia Gandhi addresses the CWC"
Top Congress leaders will deliberate on the way forward to elect the new party chief at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee on Friday
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According to sources, during the session, Congress is all set to take on the Modi government on the issue of Corona, economy and clash with China
CWC passes resolution saying the need is to strengthen the hands of the Sonia and Rahul Gandhi
Party says its top committee unanimously resolved to strengthen the hands of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi