Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct.9: Congress’s highest body, on Oct 16, will convene to discuss the new chairman, the “current political situation,” and state elections next year.
A meeting of the @INCIndia Working Committee will be held on Saturday, the 16th October, 2021 at 10.00 a.m. at AICC Office, 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi to discuss current political situation, forthcoming assembly elections & Organisational elections.
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) October 9, 2021
Last month, while the party faced turbulence in Punjab due to a leadership transition – after choosing Charanjit Channi, the state’s first Dalit Chief Minister, to replace Amarinder Singh, one of Punjab’s influential politicians – spokesperson Randeep Surjewala assured reporters that a CWC meeting will be held shortly.
This came when senior leader Kapil Sibal sent the Gandhis a new letter: “There is now no elected president in Congress. Who is answering the phone? We have no idea who makes the decisions in the party.”
Kapil Sibal also urged that the Congress Working Committee be called together. He stated that he does not believe the Congress will be damaged. It is up to the party to take the initiative. To defeat the government, entire party will have to band together. Without a commander, no struggle can take place. As a result, the working committee meeting should be held as soon as possible. Congress should hold organisational elections as well.
After Kapil Sibal, leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad too wrote a letter to Congress Working President Sonia Gandhi. He demanded that a meeting of the Congress Working Committee should be called at the earliest.