New Delhi, Aug 28 : With the Congress on Sunday announcing the date for its presidential elections, the anticipation of who will be the next President is increasing.The Congress Working Committee – the party’s top decision-making authority this Sunday approved the election schedule which will hold the elections to be held on the 17th of October and the counting on the 19th of October in an online meeting attended by the party’s chief Sonia Gandhi – who is traveling to the United States for a medical check-up and her two daughters Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi who are with her.
G23 chief Anand Sharma, who had recently resigned as the chief of an official party panel for the forthcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, also joined in the virtual.
Many leaders were at the AICC for the conference, while others attended via video links.
A portion of Congress leaders believe they believe Rahul Gandhi should assume the role the presidency, with the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said that he is of personal belief that he should be the President for a second time.
But, Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that he would prefer a non-Gandhi person to be the party’s president, and the CWC meeting is in the wake of the party’s senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigning from the party and lashing out at him for the performance of the party in the last 8 years.
According to sources, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is the top pick of Sonia Gandhi for the post, while also stating that Rahul Gandhi should assume the post since the party’s members want him The situation will be obvious the moment Sonia Gandhi comes back in the second week of September following her treatment.
The schedule was announced following approval by the CWC, Congress Election Authority Chairman Madhusudan Mistry said that the date of notification of notice is on September 22.Nominations can be submitted between 11 a.m.until 3 p.m.from September 24 through 30, and scrutinizing will take place at the beginning of October.The last day of the withdrawal deadline is October 8 and the day of voting is between 10 a.m.until 4 p.m.on the 17th of October at any PCC headquarters.
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