At Parliamentary Party Meet, Sonia Gandhi Elected Leader, Rahul Says Congress Fighting for Right Ideology
This is also the first official meeting that Rahul Gandhi attended after the meeting of the party's working committee held on May 25, where he offered to resign as Congress chief.
This is also the first official meeting that Rahul Gandhi attended after the meeting of the party's working committee held on May 25, where he offered to resign as Congress chief.
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New Delhi: A group of newly elected Congress parliamentarians that met on Saturday to take a decision on whether Sonia Gandhi should continue as Parliamentary Party leader has decided that the UPA chairperson will continue in her position.
The meeting comes a week after Rahul Gandhi had expressed his desire to quit as Congress president taking moral responsibility of the loss in Lok Sabha elections.
Political circles were abuzz with speculations, with a report in The Indian Express stating that Congress MPs are also likely to select their leader in the Upper House in its first meeting after the constitution of the 17th Lok Sabha.
This is also the first official meeting that Rahul Gandhi attended after the meeting of the party's working committee held on May 25, where he offered to resign as Congress chief.
News agency IANS quoted its sources as saying that considering Congress president's offer and the internal rift following the last CWC meeting, there could be "three working presidents" — one each from north, east and south India. There could even be a fourth working president, from western India, the report stated.
As part of the preparations to install the new leadership, Rahul Gandhi has called the party's Young Turks to Delhi for consultations, the IANS report stated. It said that Jyotiraditya Scindia is one of the candidates, while other names suggested are that of KC Venugopal and Milind Deora. News18, however, could not independently verify these developments.
After Saturday's Congress Parliamentary Party meeting, situation in the party may get clearer. The meeting was held in the central hall of Parliament and MPs chalked out its strategy for the upcoming session of Parliament.
The meeting comes a week after Rahul Gandhi had expressed his desire to quit as Congress president taking moral responsibility of the loss in Lok Sabha elections.
Political circles were abuzz with speculations, with a report in The Indian Express stating that Congress MPs are also likely to select their leader in the Upper House in its first meeting after the constitution of the 17th Lok Sabha.
This is also the first official meeting that Rahul Gandhi attended after the meeting of the party's working committee held on May 25, where he offered to resign as Congress chief.
News agency IANS quoted its sources as saying that considering Congress president's offer and the internal rift following the last CWC meeting, there could be "three working presidents" — one each from north, east and south India. There could even be a fourth working president, from western India, the report stated.
As part of the preparations to install the new leadership, Rahul Gandhi has called the party's Young Turks to Delhi for consultations, the IANS report stated. It said that Jyotiraditya Scindia is one of the candidates, while other names suggested are that of KC Venugopal and Milind Deora. News18, however, could not independently verify these developments.
After Saturday's Congress Parliamentary Party meeting, situation in the party may get clearer. The meeting was held in the central hall of Parliament and MPs chalked out its strategy for the upcoming session of Parliament.