Congress Working Committee members (CWC) on Saturday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to take over as the president of the party.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he will consider the request of the senior party leaders to become the president of the grand old party, sources told news agency ANI. Gandhi said this at the crucial CWC meet on Saturday.
The statement from Rahul Gandhi came after several senior leaders, including the chief ministers of Punjab, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, as well as former Defense Minister AK Antony, urged the Kerala MP to come back as the party chief.
“In CWC meeting, on the request of senior leaders to become the president, Rahul Gandhi said, ‘I will consider. He also said that he needs clarity at the level of ideology, from the party leaders. Some leaders said that till the polls, he should be made the working president,” ANI reported citing various sources.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party, has given go-ahead to the internal elections of the party.
After the CWC meeting, senior Congress leader Ambika Soni said that everybody agreed unanimously whether he (Rahul Gandhi) will become (the party president) or not is up to him. She added that everybody is of the opinion that Rahul Gandhi should become the party president.
“G-23 wasn’t even mentioned there. They were present at the meeting. Congress isn’t divided into factions, we’re united. All leaders of the Indian National Congress unanimously want Rahul Gandhi to become party pres. The process (for election) will begin in September 2022,” Ambika Soni added.
Rahul Gandhi had quit as Congress chief two years ago after the party’s debacle in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Notably, his resignation threw Congress into a leadership crisis from which the party is yet to fully recover.
(With inputs from agencies)
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