Rahul Gandhi said he would consider becoming Congress President: Reports

At Saturday's congressional working committee meeting, as high-level leaders called on Rahul Gandhi to become president, he said he would look into sources of credit, ANI news agency reported. He said he needed clarity on the ideological level from party leaders, according to the report. Some leaders have suggested that until a new party chairman is elected, Rahul Gandhi should be appointed the working president.

Referring to the recent rebellion by G23 leaders who questioned the leadership of Congress in the aftermath of the Punjab crisis, Sonia Gandhi at the CWC meeting claimed to be a full-time and practical president of the congress. “I have always enjoyed the frankness. You don't have to talk to me through the media. So we all try to have a free and honest discussion. But what needs to be communicated outside the four walls of this room , that's the collective decision of the CWC, "he said.

Over the past two years, many of our colleagues, especially the younger ones, have taken on leadership roles in bringing party politics and agendas to the people, whether it is the agitation of the farmers, the relief during the pandemic, the "highlight the problems of concern for young people and women, atrocities on Dalits, adivasis and minorities, rising prices and destruction of the public sector," added Sonia Gandhi.

The congress working committee, at its nearly five-hour meeting on Saturday, decided that elections for the post of congressman would take place between August 21 and September 20 of next year.