How new is Congress' new CWC? Rahul may have missed a chance

Dynasts being preferred over equally qualified peers may send the wrong message to youth wishing to dabble in politics

Rahul Gandhi has reconstituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) – the highest decision-making body of the party – seven months after taking over the reins of the grand old party. The 84th plenary of the All India Congress Committee held in March had authorised Gandhi to set up a new committee. The new CWC is on the lines of the 34-member Steering Committee, formed and functional since February after dissolving the previous CWC.

With the new team taking charge with less than a year to go for the general elections, the long-pending demand of a generational change in the party hasn’t