CWC meeting entered the second day today as the top leaders of Congress continued their deliberations on key issues concerning the party and the country. The first day of the meeting, being held in Hyderabad, concluded with a resolution on various matters including unemployment and inflation.
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The Congress party, in the latest rejig of its Working Committee has given a spot to Sachin Pilot, Manish Tewari, and Alka Lamba for the first time. Shashi Tharoor has also been included on the list of 39 members.
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The working committee of Congress is the highest decision-making body of Congress. There will be many new faces who will be inducted into the CWC as the party has decided to give 50% reservations to various categories.
CWC meeting today: The sources had said that the election for the post of president has now become a challenge for Congress with the reluctance of Rahul Gandhi to contest the polls.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that they all told Sonia Gandhi that she alone is not responsible for the defeat of the Congress party in 5 states but every state leader, MP is responsible, not Gandhi family alone.
Ramachandran, who was a seven-term MP and Congress' Kerala unit President, also said that there have to be platforms within the party wherein leaders are able to air their views openly and in a fearless manner.
The Congress will hold a Chintan Shivir immediately after the Budget Session of Parliament and the CWC will meet again before that, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said.
Speaking to the Congress workers on the occasion of 136th Foundation Day of Congress, Sonia Gandhi slammed the Centre and said that India's secular structure is being attacked. She said that those who did not participate in the freedom struggle of India, want to change the course of history and find a place in it. She said that such powers are propagating hatred in the country.
Hitting out at the Congress, Patra said, "Was Karra reprimanded? Will he be axed from the CWC," and accused the Congress of constantly insulting leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose, Patel and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra asked whether Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi objected when Karra "vilified" Patel and presented India's first home minister as a "villain" while praising Nehru.
In a resolution on the political situation in the country, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) said the "assault on democratic institutions completes the sad and shameless narrative of the Modi government".
The BJP also alleged that Sonia Gandhi's opening remarks at the CWC meet did not touch on a host of issues facing the party.
The Congress Working committee, the highest decision making body of the party, has given go ahead to the internal elections of the party.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had launched an attack on the party leadership, asking who was taking decisions in the party.
Congress Working Committee has asked the workers across the country to help poor people, who are affected by the COVID pandemic, informed party national General Secretary KC Venugopal on April 17.
As Congress continues to discuss future leadership, sources said all leaders want Rahul Gandhi to take the responsibility of party president at which point he said it should be left to the electoral process of the party.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the dissenters' letter, has said "Congress will continue to sit in the opposition for the next 50 years" if it did not conduct elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and other key organisational posts within the party.
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