Congress to elect party president in June at any cost , says KC Venugopal after crucial CWC meeting The CWC also passed three resolutions demanding a repeal of the three farm laws, a JPC probe into the Arnab Goswami WhatsApp chats and a free time-bound COVID-19 vaccination for the poor and oppressed sections of the society FP Staff January 22, 2021 18:58:22 IST File image of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi.
The Indian National Congress will elect a new president by June 2021 at any cost , the party said on Friday with its working committee approving holding the internal election after the state Assembly polls.
Cong to have elected party president by June 2021 : CWC
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NEW DELHI, Jan 22: The Congress party will have an elected president by June 2021, with the party’s working committee today approving holding the internal election after the Assembly polls.
The committee after a three and a half hour meeting authorised incumbent party chief Sonia Gandhi to schedule the internal election after the conclusion of Assembly polls in five states.
Addressing a joint press conference, Congress leaders K C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala said elections to the CWC will also be held but it remains to be seen whether they can be scheduled before or after the election to the Congress chief’s post.
Read more about Cong to elect party president by June 2021: Party s working committee on Business Standard. The party s working committee on Friday approved holding the internal election after the assembly polls
Congress to have new elected president by June 2021, says KC Venugopal
The leaders also discussed the current political situation in the wake of the farmers agitation and the party s strategy ahead of Budget session.
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Updated: Jan 22, 2021, 09:32 PM IST
Congress on Friday said that the party will have an elected president by June this year. Addressing a press conference after a meeting of Congress Working Committee, party general secretary KC Venugopal said the Central Election Authority of the party has given the schedule for organisational elections in May but members suggested in the meeting that the elections should be held in a manner that it does not clash with the assembly elections in four states and a union territory to be held in April-May.
Party to elect president by June 2021: Congress Working Committee
He said that the Congress president was requested unanimously to reschedule AICC Plenary Session to the end of June 2021 and the Congress chief s election would be concluded by June 2021.
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AICC General Secretaries KC Venugopal (R) and Randeep Surjewala l addresses the media after the CWC meeting in New Delhi. (Photo| Parveen Negi, EPS) By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress party will have an elected president by June 2021, with the party s working committee on Friday approving holding the internal election after the assembly polls. The committee after a three and a half hour meeting authorised incumbent party chief Sonia Gandhi to schedule the internal election after the conclusion of assembly polls in five states.