Sonia Gandhi may step down from the Congress presidentship, paving the way for Rahul Gandhi’s possible elevation when the party holds its internal elections by October 15.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, approved on Tuesday the schedule for internal elections under which the party has to complete the exercise by October 15.
In her speech at the CWC meeting, Sonia exhorted partymen to strengthen the organisation and complete the organisational polls with “speed and sincerity”.
“We must strengthen our organisation. The ongoing organisational elections must be completed with the utmost speed and sincerity,” she said at the meeting, ahead of the CWC approving the poll schedule.
Asked whether the issue of elevation of Rahul was discussed at the meeting, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad replied in the negative.
“The schedule for organisational elections has been cleared by the CWC,” Azad said, adding that Rahul’s elevation was not specifically discussed.
The CWC members had in the last meeting in November unanimously expressed “strong sentiment” for Rahul’s elevation for the first time and may take it further.
