Sonia Gandhi to remain Congress president, says news website quoting source

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh did not attend the meeting, in which Congress dissidents were reported to have been grossly outnumbered by Gandhi family loyalists.

A news website flashed an alert on Sunday evening, with a message citing sources that Congress Sonia Gandhi will continue as Congress president.

Fifty-seven members of the party met in the capital today to assess the reasons for the party's poor performance in the recent assembly polls held in five states.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh did not attend the meeting, in which Congress dissidents were reported to have been grossly outnumbered by the so-called Gandhi family loyalists.

More details awaited