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Congress to elect new President by June after Assembly elections

The Congress on Friday announced that the party will elect its new president by June 2021 after the conclusion of assembly elections in five states.

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By CNBC-TV18 January 22, 2021, 5:37:03 PM IST (Updated)

Congress to elect new President by June after Assembly elections
The Congress on Friday announced that the party will elect its new President by June 2021 after the conclusion of assembly elections in five states.


Addressing a press conference, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said that the little change of schedule depending on the state elections will be decided soon.

"The CWC discussed the schedule of Congress President's elections in May-end, proposed by its election authority. All CWC members unanimously requested Congress President that the internal elections should not interfere with the assembly elections,” he said.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala refuted reports of dissent at the meeting and said all party leaders unanimously decided to extend the election schedule a little.

Sonia Gandhi took over as the interim Congress president in August 2019 after Rahul Gandhi resigned in the wake of the party's Lok Sabha debacle in May 2019. There have been demands from a section of the Congress leaders for having a full-time and active party president and an organisational overhaul.

The CWC had in its earlier meeting decided to hold organisational elections, following a storm in the party in August last year over a letter to Sonia Gandhi by a group of 23 leaders including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan, Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari and Mukul Wasnik raising these issues.

(With inputs from PTI)
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