'Rahul Gandhi ready to consider' return as Congress president: Report

ANI |
May 12, 2022 09:25 AM IST

The top leaders demanded that Rahul Gandhi should take over the post of Congress President in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on March 14.

Congress is going to hold a 'Chintan Shivir' in Udaipur under the leadership of its interim President Sonia Gandhi to hold discussions on party organization, and to formulate a strategy to challenge the BJP in the upcoming 2024 General elections.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (ANI)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (ANI)

The top leaders demanded that Rahul Gandhi should take over the post of Congress President in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on March 14.

In the meeting, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told Wayanad MP that he should accept the post of President, according to sources.

Sources further informed, "Rahul is ready to consider the post. After this, a proposal came in the meeting to hold the election of the President of August-September. However, it was then decided that the ongoing process cannot be pre-poned."

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After the defeat in 2019, Rahul Gandhi resigned from the post of Congress president and Sonia Gandhi turned up to become the party's interim president.

During the next Chintan Shivir scheduled to be held in Udaipur, discussions and crucial decisions are likely to be taken regarding the post of the Congress president.

The Chintan Shivir is being held in the backdrop of the party's drubbing in the elections to five state assemblies earlier this year. The party has witnessed several electoral losses in the elections held in the past eight years. Congress has also seen the exit of some of its prominent faces.

The next Chintan Shivir will commence on May 13 with Sonia Gandhi's address to the people and will conclude on May 14 with Rahul Gandhi's speech.

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