Sonia Gandhi offers to quit, asks leaders to ‘get together & choose new Congress president’
Sonia Gandhi has written a formal reply, saying that her stint as interim president for one year is complete and she would like to step down from the party president's post and that the party should choose a new president.
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi, the Congress interim president today responded to a letter sent by senior party colleagues, who demanded a complete overhaul of the party and internal organization to make it battle-ready.
According to reports, Sonia Gandhi has written a formal reply, saying that her stint as interim president for one year is complete and she would like to step down from the party president’s post and that the party should choose a new president.
Meanwhile, a crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) is going to be held on Monday.
Cong leaders wrote to Sonia, seeking full-time partnership
Several senior Congress leaders wrote to Sonia Gandhi raising a 5 Point Agenda to revive the Party, emphasising the need for active leadership in the party and raising questions about the party’s condition and direction, as well as demanding the election of the Congress Working Committee.
Some members of the CWC, MPs and leaders wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi in which they have raised many questions and suggestions about the functioning of the party.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Manish Tiwari, Shashi Tharoor, Jitin Prasad, Veerappa Moily, Sandeep Dikshit, Pramod Tiwari, PJ Kurien are being named as signatories on this letter. However, none of these leaders are accepting that they are signatories to the communication. While the Congress has also denied that it has received any such letter, sources in the party said this exercise has been done from the state level where former PCC Presidents are involved.
On the condition of anonymity, a leader involved in the process told media that the attempt is not against the leadership of Gandhis.
“The group of leaders who have written the letter do not agree on all points but the party needs to discuss the issues and leadership issue should be finalised. If Rahul Gandhi is ready to accept the party President post I will be the first person to welcome it wholeheartedly,” the leader said.