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Congress prez poll: When Jitendra Prasada challenged Sonia Gandhi and lost

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is contemplating the possibility of running for the post of the party president, the elections for which are due to be held on October 17

Ghulam Nabi Azad timed his exit from the Congress for a 'bigger' role

Azad is not known to act impulsively. It would seem his hand was forced by the oncoming Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) elections. Its outcome will set the stage for his national political ambitions

Election for Congress president to be held on Oct 17, counting on Oct 19

The notification for the election will be issued on September 22, while the filing of nomination would begin on September 24 and continue till September 30

CWC to meet today to approve schedule for election of Congress president

Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon to discuss and approve the final schedule for the election of Congress president

It's Congress that has got 'Azadi' from Azad: Youth Congress president

The Congress party leadership has always entrusted him and stood by his side at times of despair. But alas, he couldn't give back to the party!" Srinivas BV, president of Indian Youth Congress said.

Exits of Azad, Sibal leave Congress' G-23 change seekers in disarray

Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the Congress on Friday marked the most high-profile exit of one of the "Group of 23" (G-23) leaders, who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi two years ago for a "collective and inclusive leadership" in the organisation, exposing the faultlines in the grand old party. The G-23, the members of which were lampooned by the party loyalists after their letter became public on August 24, 2020, has virtually disintegrated over the last two years with the resignations of Azad and Kapil Sibal, seen as the prime movers of the initiative, and others such as Shashi Tharoor, M Veerappa Moily and Mukul Wasnik making peace with the high-command. Leaders such as Jitin Prasada and Yogananda Shastri have also quit the Congress to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) respectively. Prasada is a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government now, while Shastri heads the Delhi unit of the NCP. Former Union minister Anand Sharma, w

Ghulam Nabi Azab resigns from INC, points out Rahul Gandhi's behaviour

On August 17, Azad had quit from the post of chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress campaign committee just hours after his appointment as the head

Congress chief election likely to be delayed by a few weeks, say reports

The election of Congress president that was to end by September 20 is likely to be delayed by a few weeks with the party focused on the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and some state units not completing formalities, sources said Thursday. The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making body, will hold a virtual meeting on Sunday to approve the exact schedule for the election. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will preside over the CWC meeting. The Congress had announced in October last year that the election of the new party president will be held between August 21 and September 20 this year. The CWC had decided that elections for block committees and one member each of the Pradesh Congress Committees will be held from April 16 to May 31, district committee chiefs will be elected between June 1 and July 20, PCC chiefs and AICC members between July 21 and August 20, and AICC president between August 21 and September 20. Sources said the process will be delayed by a few

Ashok Gehlot is Sonia Gandhi's choice to 'lead' Congress, say reports

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has emerged as the top choice for the Congress president's post. Sources have indicated that Sonia requested him to take over before she heads abroad for medical checkup

'Sycophancy eating into party like termites': Jaiveer Shergill quits Cong

Have resigned from Congress, severed all ties with party, says Shergill

Nobody knows what will be decided: Gehlot on Congress President speculation

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday sought to downplay speculation that he could be made Congress chief, saying nobody knows what will be decided. Gehlot's meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi led to the buzz that the two may have discussed the possibility of him being the next party president. "Sonia (Gandhi) ji has gone abroad for a checkup. (K C) Venugopal ji and me paid a courtesy call on her yesterday when we were going to Gujarat," he told reporters. Asked about the possibility of him being Congress president, Gehlot said, "This has been doing the rounds in the media for a long time. You keep talking about it. Nobody knows what is going to be decided." The veteran Congress leader added that he is concentrating on the two responsibilities given to him -- senior observer for the upcoming Gujarat assembly polls and chief minister of Rajasthan. He asserted that his efforts were directed at ensuring the Congress government is repeated in Rajasthan. Pressed by

Amid Rahul's reluctance, Sonia urges Gehlot to lead Congress: Report

Amid the countdown to the elections of the Congress party's president, the turbulence over the chief candidate's name still prevailed on Wednesday

Rahul, Priyanka to accompany Sonia Gandhi for medical check-ups abroad

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be travelling abroad for medical check-ups and Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will accompany her, the party said on Tuesday. The party did not divulge any specific dates of travel or their places of visit but said Rahul Gandhi will address the Congress' 'Mehangai Par Halla Bol' rally here on September 4, 2022. "Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be travelling abroad for medical check-ups. She will also visit her ailing mother before she returns to New Delhi," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a statement. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi will be travelling with the Congress president, he said. "Rahul Gandhi will address the Congress' 'Mehangai Par Halla Bol' rally in New Delhi on September 4, 2022," Ramesh said.

Congress yet to decide on dates to elect party president, says report

While sources said that the top choice is Ashok Gehlot, the Rajasthan Chief Minister had said on Monday that Rahul Gandhi should re-think his decision as it will demoralise the party workers

Sonia Gandhi meets President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi met newly elected President Droupadi Murmu

Congress reaches out to Anand Sharma, sends Rajeev Shukla to pacify

A day after senior Congress leader Anand Sharma resigned from the chairmanship of the party's Steering Committee for Himachal Pradesh, Sonia Gandhi asked Rajeev Shukla to pacify the issue

Process to elect new Congress chief underway; party to stick to schedule

The process for the election of Congress president got underway on Sunday, with the party's election authority saying it would stick to the schedule of electing a new chief by September 20. Chairman of the party's Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistry told PTI that it was up to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to approve the final date for the election of the Congress chief, which could be any day between August 21 to September 20. The CWC had decided that elections for block committees and one member each of the Pradesh Congress Committee will be held from April 16 to May 31, 2022; district committee chiefs and executive will be elected between June 1 and July 20, PCC chiefs and AICC members between July 21 and August 20, 2022 and AICC president between August 21 and September 20. 'We will stick to the schedule. We have already forwarded the election schedule to the party leadership and are awaiting a nod from the CWC which will fix the final dates for the Congress ...

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Live news updates: Gandhi also appointed Vikar Rasool Wani, considered close to Azad, as the new JK unit chief

Sonia picks Ghulam Nabi Azad as JK Cong campaign chief, he declines

Azad is a prominent member of the G23 grouping within the Congress, which has been critical of the leadership and has been seeking an organisational overhaul

Self-obsessed govt hell-bent on trivialising sacrifices: Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi alleged that a "self-obsessed" government is hell-bent on "trivialising" the sacrifices of freedom fighters and the party will strongly oppose such attempts made for political gains