Rahul Gandhi wants 33% reservation for women, but has only 3 of 23 in CWC

Congress president shot off letter to PM Modi to ensure passage of Bill have 33% women in Parliament and state assemblies just 24 hours earlier; new CWC drops old guard inducts younger leaders

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday announced his party’s reconstituted Congress working committee, or CWC, which saw several veteran leaders being dropped and younger leaders inducted.

Merely 24-hours after the Congress president shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the passage of the Bill that provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies in the Monsoon session of Parliament, the reconstituted CWC has only three women among its 23 members - Sonia Gandhi, Ambika Soni and Kumari Selja.

This the first CWC under Rahul Gandhi as the Congress chief. The CWC