The development comes amid growing clamour inside the Congress to create Rahul Gandhi president of the party
Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to go away the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ midway and contest the approaching Congress presidential election, party sources told ABP
News. Presently, the yatra goes on in Kerala and it’ll enter Mysore on Gregorian calendar month 29. The last date for filing nomination for the Congress presidential polls is September 30.
The development comes amid growing clamor among the Congress to form Rahul Gandhi president of the party again. regarding a dozen state units have sought-after his elevation to the highest post.
Rahul Gandhi was elevated because the Congress president in 2017. Gandhi, however, stepped down in 2019 after the party’s debacle within the Lok Sabha elections.
Earlier this month, Rahul Gandhi aforesaid he had created his call on whether or not he would take up the party presidency however failed to disclose his plans. He even declared that he would offer his reasons if he did not contest the election.
The method for filing of nominations for the election are going to be control from Gregorian calendar month twenty four to 30. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is Gregorian calendar month eight and also the election, if required, will be persevered October 17. The results will be out on October 19.
Congress is probably going to envision a contest for the post of party chief once Shashi Tharoor on Monday received the nod from Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi to last the post. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is being seen because the different contender.
Tharoor met Sonia Gandhi on Monday and expressed his intention to contest the poll. The Congress president is learnt to possess sent to Tharoor that she would keep “neutral” within the elections.
In his meeting with Sonia Gandhi, Tharoor aforesaid he might build internal democracy stronger, cuckoo reported.
Earlier in the day, Congress general secretary kilocycle per second Venugopal said anybody was welcome to contest the Congress president’s poll, which might be free and honest likewise as clear.
“Whoever desires to file a nomination, will file it. we’ve got aforesaid it’ll be an open election, anybody can contest, free and fair election, positively it will be a transparent election,” PTI quoted Venugopal as voice communication once meeting Sonia Gandhi at her ten Janpath residence.
the Asian country Jodo Yatra began from Cherthala on Tuesday. The Congress MP Rahul Gandhi-led Yatra will continue for fifteen kilometers till Kuthiyathodu in Alappuzha.
The 3,500-km march from Kanyakumari to geographical area are going to be completed in one hundred fifty days and canopy as several as twelve states. From Kerala, the Yatra will traverse through the state for successive eighteen days, reaching province on Sep 30. it’ll be in Karnataka for twenty one days before moving north. The Padyatra (march) will cover a distance of twenty five metric linear unit each day.
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