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NEW DELHI: The Congress social gathering might have a non-Gandhi social gathering president practically three many years after the final non-Gandhi president, Sitaram Kesri, was unceremoniously faraway from workplace when the management determined to anoint Sonia Gandhi in his place.
Sources stated Rahul Gandhi refused to return as Congress president. Sonia Gandhi, who has been holding the put up as interim chief, has additionally expressed her need to not proceed within the put up citing well being causes. The determination taken by Rahul and Sonia has despatched social gathering managers in a tizzy. Though efforts are nonetheless on to steer Rahul to steer the social gathering, insiders say he “does not appear in a mood to relent.”
There is a way of déjà vu amongst social gathering leaders. When Rahul had resigned taking duty for the social gathering’s defeat within the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the CWC had unanimously rejected his resignation. But he had refused to proceed. He had additionally stated that it was not mandatory that the social gathering president ought to be from the Gandhi household.
Party leaders have began discussing different choices. Names of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, social gathering common secretary Mukul Wasnik, former Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar, former finance minister P Chidambaram, chief of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge are doing the rounds.
The youthful lot too is hopeful of being catapulted to the highest put up. But desertion by younger leaders akin to Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada, Sushmita Deb, RPN Singh, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Ashok Tanwar, Ashok Chowdhary, and so forth has made social gathering managers cautious of betting on younger leaders.
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The group of 23 rebels, a few of whom have made up with the social gathering management, can be prone to throw its hat within the ring by fielding candidates for the posts of president and CWC members.
The subsequent social gathering president should be an elected one as the method for the election is scheduled to set into movement on Sunday. The course of would begin on August 21 and conclude with the election of the brand new president on September 20, 2022.
The CWC shall be known as subsequent week the place the chairman of the central election committee Madhusudan Mistry will current the contemporary set of electoral rolls for the election of latest Congress president and the members of the CWC.
The strategy of preparation of electoral rolls was began final yr. The Congress president is elected by about 14,000 PCC delegates who’re representatives of the block Congress. The CWC members shall be elected
NEW DELHI: The Congress social gathering might have a non-Gandhi social gathering president practically three many years after the final non-Gandhi president, Sitaram Kesri, was unceremoniously faraway from workplace when the management determined to anoint Sonia Gandhi in his place.
Sources stated Rahul Gandhi refused to return as Congress president. Sonia Gandhi, who has been holding the put up as interim chief, has additionally expressed her need to not proceed within the put up citing well being causes. The determination taken by Rahul and Sonia has despatched social gathering managers in a tizzy. Though efforts are nonetheless on to steer Rahul to steer the social gathering, insiders say he “does not appear in a mood to relent.”
There is a way of déjà vu amongst social gathering leaders. When Rahul had resigned taking duty for the social gathering’s defeat within the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the CWC had unanimously rejected his resignation. But he had refused to proceed. He had additionally stated that it was not mandatory that the social gathering president ought to be from the Gandhi household.
Party leaders have began discussing different choices. Names of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, social gathering common secretary Mukul Wasnik, former Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar, former finance minister P Chidambaram, chief of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge are doing the rounds.
The youthful lot too is hopeful of being catapulted to the highest put up. But desertion by younger leaders akin to Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada, Sushmita Deb, RPN Singh, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Ashok Tanwar, Ashok Chowdhary, and so forth has made social gathering managers cautious of betting on younger leaders.
ALSO READ | Congress president Sonia Gandhi kinds three teams to chart street forward for social gathering
The group of 23 rebels, a few of whom have made up with the social gathering management, can be prone to throw its hat within the ring by fielding candidates for the posts of president and CWC members.
The subsequent social gathering president should be an elected one as the method for the election is scheduled to set into movement on Sunday. The course of would begin on August 21 and conclude with the election of the brand new president on September 20, 2022.
The CWC shall be known as subsequent week the place the chairman of the central election committee Madhusudan Mistry will current the contemporary set of electoral rolls for the election of latest Congress president and the members of the CWC.
The strategy of preparation of electoral rolls was began final yr. The Congress president is elected by about 14,000 PCC delegates who’re representatives of the block Congress. The CWC members shall be elected
