By PTI
NEW DELHI: With the Congress set to elect its first non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, senior leaders on Monday pressured the Gandhi household’s steerage will likely be essential and can play an necessary position within the get together within the days to come back.
The polls are important as the brand new president would substitute Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving Congress president who has been on the helm since 1998, barring the 2 years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi took over.
Voting for the Congress presidential polls started on Monday.
Senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor face-off for the put up of the AICC chief.
Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates type the electoral faculty to select the get together chief in a secret poll.
Speaking to reporters after casting her vote on the AICC headquarters right here, senior chief Ambika Soni asserted that the Gandhi household can’t be ignored and the get together employees’ attachment with them would stay.
Hailing Sonia Gandhi’s contribution to the get together, Soni mentioned she performed a key position within the formation of the UPA authorities and the Congress’ win within the 2004 polls, beating the BJP’s ‘Shining India’ marketing campaign.
“This effort to separate them (Gandhis) will never succeed. Talk about issues such as price rise, prices are soaring,” the previous Union minister instructed reporters.
On the position leaders like her and Sonia Gandhi would play going ahead, Soni mentioned, “I don’t have any role. I have served 52 years in the Congress party. I want Sonia-ji’s role to be there as our guide, friend, philosopher, as MP, CLP. It will be there.”
Congress normal secretary Mukul Wasnik mentioned the Gandhi household has a really lengthy historical past unfold over 100 years and its members have performed an important position within the freedom battle which no person may disregard.
“After getting independence also, they have contributed immensely in building a modern India. When time demanded, they even made the supreme sacrifice, nobody can forget the sacrifices made by Indira-ji, Rajiv-ji and the contribution of Jawaharlal Nehru in giving a vision for the building of modern India,” he mentioned.
“The Gandhi family will continue to play a very important role. Sonia Gandhi will be demitting her office after the new president is elected but there is no doubt that she has been our leader and will continue to be our leader. We will look towards her for inspiration and guidance from time to time,” Wasnik mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi additionally has a set of concepts on tips on how to go ahead, and his steerage may even be completely invaluable for the get together, he added.
Congress spokesperson and in-charge for Sikkim, Tripura and Nagaland Ajoy Kumar asserted that it was a historic second as he slammed the BJP for its criticism of the AICC presidential polls.
“None of us know how J P Nadda got selected, two-and-a-half people decided, one Modi, one Shah and a half RSS. So such a party commenting on polls is a joke,” he mentioned.
“A truly democratic party, we have our challenges, but you will see a huge amount of goodwill for whoever is elected as president,” Kumar mentioned.
Noting that Rahul Gandhi is enterprise a 3,500-km Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra, he mentioned it was such a tough process and Gandhi was no doubt a crowd-puller.
“Who is pulling the crowds for the Yatra? So, why will the person not be important,” Kumar requested.
“Whether it’s Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka-ji or different tall leaders, there are lots of people, Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot, everyone seems to be there.
Mr Gandhi is without doubt one of the tallest leaders amongst our group,” he added.
Both Kharge and Tharoor have emphasised that the Gandhis maintain a particular place within the get together with Kharge having mentioned that he would search their “guidance” and “suggestions”, and Tharoor having asserted that no Congress president can perform conserving a distance from the Gandhi household as their DNA runs within the get together’s blood.
In the post-Independence period, members of the Gandhi household have been on the helm of the get together for round 40 years in complete.
NEW DELHI: With the Congress set to elect its first non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, senior leaders on Monday pressured the Gandhi household’s steerage will likely be essential and can play an necessary position within the get together within the days to come back.
The polls are important as the brand new president would substitute Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving Congress president who has been on the helm since 1998, barring the 2 years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi took over.
Voting for the Congress presidential polls started on Monday.
Senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor face-off for the put up of the AICC chief.
Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates type the electoral faculty to select the get together chief in a secret poll.
Speaking to reporters after casting her vote on the AICC headquarters right here, senior chief Ambika Soni asserted that the Gandhi household can’t be ignored and the get together employees’ attachment with them would stay.
Hailing Sonia Gandhi’s contribution to the get together, Soni mentioned she performed a key position within the formation of the UPA authorities and the Congress’ win within the 2004 polls, beating the BJP’s ‘Shining India’ marketing campaign.
“This effort to separate them (Gandhis) will never succeed. Talk about issues such as price rise, prices are soaring,” the previous Union minister instructed reporters.
On the position leaders like her and Sonia Gandhi would play going ahead, Soni mentioned, “I don’t have any role. I have served 52 years in the Congress party. I want Sonia-ji’s role to be there as our guide, friend, philosopher, as MP, CLP. It will be there.”
Congress normal secretary Mukul Wasnik mentioned the Gandhi household has a really lengthy historical past unfold over 100 years and its members have performed an important position within the freedom battle which no person may disregard.
“After getting independence also, they have contributed immensely in building a modern India. When time demanded, they even made the supreme sacrifice, nobody can forget the sacrifices made by Indira-ji, Rajiv-ji and the contribution of Jawaharlal Nehru in giving a vision for the building of modern India,” he mentioned.
“The Gandhi family will continue to play a very important role. Sonia Gandhi will be demitting her office after the new president is elected but there is no doubt that she has been our leader and will continue to be our leader. We will look towards her for inspiration and guidance from time to time,” Wasnik mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi additionally has a set of concepts on tips on how to go ahead, and his steerage may even be completely invaluable for the get together, he added.
Congress spokesperson and in-charge for Sikkim, Tripura and Nagaland Ajoy Kumar asserted that it was a historic second as he slammed the BJP for its criticism of the AICC presidential polls.
“None of us know how J P Nadda got selected, two-and-a-half people decided, one Modi, one Shah and a half RSS. So such a party commenting on polls is a joke,” he mentioned.
“A truly democratic party, we have our challenges, but you will see a huge amount of goodwill for whoever is elected as president,” Kumar mentioned.
Noting that Rahul Gandhi is enterprise a 3,500-km Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra, he mentioned it was such a tough process and Gandhi was no doubt a crowd-puller.
“Who is pulling the crowds for the Yatra? So, why will the person not be important,” Kumar requested.
“Whether it’s Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka-ji or different tall leaders, there are lots of people, Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot, everyone seems to be there.
Mr Gandhi is without doubt one of the tallest leaders amongst our group,” he added.
Both Kharge and Tharoor have emphasised that the Gandhis maintain a particular place within the get together with Kharge having mentioned that he would search their “guidance” and “suggestions”, and Tharoor having asserted that no Congress president can perform conserving a distance from the Gandhi household as their DNA runs within the get together’s blood.
In the post-Independence period, members of the Gandhi household have been on the helm of the get together for round 40 years in complete.