Sonia Gandhi named interim Congress president; Rahul Gandhi declines again

The Congress Working Committee named Sonia Gandhi interim president of the Congress Party. The deliberation went on for hours and Rahul Gandhi again declined to take over the party. 

The announcement was made after Congress Working Committee met on Saturday. 

Surjewala, in a press conference, said that the CWC discussed in detail about the president of the party. Three Resolutions were adopted in the meeting. K C Venugopal said that party appreciated the work done by Rahul Gandhi during his tenure as party president. 

The CWC considered views of members of the party and concluded that Rahul Gandhi should continue