The mood of Congress party is buoyant. Rahul is getting very good response in his public meetings. He god a very good response in Telugu states. In Telangana he had a very good response from the public who came to see him and hear him. In Andhra also people listened to him. It was like a come back meet for Rahul in the Telugu states.
Seven months after the Congress Working Committee expressed a “strong sentiment” for Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as party president, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to preside over the party’s highest policy body meeting that begins this morning to ratify the timeline for the organisational elections slated for later this year.
The CWC closed-door meeting at Mrs Gandhi’s residence comes against the backdrop of attempts by the Congress to unite opposition parties ahead of the presidential election next month and put together a broad coalition of opposition parties ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to take on the BJP.
On November 7 last year, the CWC had discussed Mr Gandhi’s elevation and expressed their “unanimous and strong sentiments” for his promotion.
Later Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said the meeting did not want to take any decision on the leadership role in the absence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi who could not attend the meeting because she was unwell.
This is the top panel’s first meeting after the Congress was washed out in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the assembly elections. Apart from another round of introspection, Mr Gandhi had concluded that structural and organisational changes were required to revive the party.
