{"id":30921,"date":"2016-11-06T08:49:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T08:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=30921"},"modified":"2016-11-06T08:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T08:49:02","slug":"congress-vp-rahul-not-yet-ready-for-the-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/congress-vp-rahul-not-yet-ready-for-the-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress VP Rahul not yet ready for the post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi\u2019s elevation to the party president\u2019s post is set to be postponed to next year, with the Congress Working Committee, the party\u2019s apex decision-making body, meeting here on November 7 to discuss the question of seeking another year from the Election Commission to complete the organisational elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alongside, sources in the Congress said the party\u2019s response to current political issues would be discussed, and a strategy formulated ahead of the winter session of Parliament slated to commence on November 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The political issues will include surgical strikes, the killing of eight Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists in an \u2018encounter\u2019 in Madhya Pradesh, the Modi government bringing up the issue of a uniform civil code, and the attacks on the media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30923\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sonia.jpg\" alt=\"sonia\" width=\"670\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sonia.jpg 670w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sonia-240x172.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leaders in the party said the Congress appeared to have taken a beating on the first three issues: Mr. Gandhi\u2019s choice of words in accusing the government of khoon ki dalali in using the surgical strikes for political gains had not gone down well; on the killing of the SIMI activists, the party appeared divided, with senior leaders Digvijaya Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia taking different positions; and similarly, the party\u2019s stance on the uniform civil code has not been very clear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CWC meeting is taking place at a time when, following Congress president Sonia Gandhi\u2019s ill health, the subject of Mr. Gandhi\u2019s elevation had resurfaced. She took ill suddenly during a roadshow in Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s constituency of Varanasi on August 2, and had to be hospitalised afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi\u2019s elevation to the party president\u2019s post is set to be postponed to next year, with the Congress Working Committee, the party\u2019s apex decision-making body, meeting here on November 7 to discuss the question of seeking another year from the Election Commission to complete the organisational elections. 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