New Delhi: Congress will soon start the process of electing a new chief and “99.9 percent” leaders want Rahul Gandhi to return as party president, the party’s top spokesperson said on Friday. Randeep Surjewala said, under this process, starting tomorrow (Saturday), Sonia Gandhi will hold meetings with senior party leaders in the next 10 days. During this period, Gandhi family leaders will meet 23 “dissident leaders who wrote a letter in August demanding an organizational change.
Surjewala said, “The party will soon start the process of electing a new party president. An Electoral College of Congress, All India Congress Committee members, Congress workers and party members will choose who is the best suited. “
He said, “99.9% of people, including me, want Rahul Gandhi to be elected party president.” The final decision is theirs. Rahul Gandhi, who took over the post of Congress president from Sonia Gandhi in 2017 but stepped down after the party lost the Lok Sabha elections last year, was the second defeat since losing power in 2014.
