As soon as the meeting of the Congress Working Committee started, Sonia Gandhi tendered her resignation

New delhi date. Monday 24 August 2020

The Congress Working Committee meeting began in Delhi on Monday. The meeting, which is being chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is attended by senior party leaders along with Congress functionaries. As soon as the meeting started, Sonia Gandhi offered to resign as interim chairperson. According to sources, after the announcement of Sonia Gandhi's resignation, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed to her to remain in office.

According to sources, Sonia Gandhi waved a letter written by Ghulam Nabi Azad, among others, at the time of her resignation. According to sources, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh criticized the letter written by some leaders demanding a change in the leadership of AK Antony. According to sources, Sonia Gandhi has called for starting the process to elect a new party president.

According to sources, apart from the Gandhi family, Mukul Wasnik and A. That. Antony is in the race for the presidency of Congress. Priyanka has also endorsed making the leader of the non-Gandhi family the president. One of the two factions in the party is in favor of making Rahul the president. The working committee will now decide between the fight between the senior and the young leader.

The meeting of the Apex Policy Making Unit (CWC) of the party is being held via video conference amid a divisive situation in Congress on the issue of leadership. On Sunday, a day before the CWC meeting, a new political turmoil broke out in the party when it came to know that Sonia Gandhi had written letters to 23 senior leaders demanding full-time and grassroots active chairpersons and change from top to bottom in the organization.

However, as soon as the letter came to light, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and some other senior and young leaders of the party expressed confidence in the leadership of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and stressed that the Gandhi family should unite. Can be kept.