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Who After Gandhis ,Congress Working Committee Yet To Decide

[New Delhi] Who After Gandhis ,Congress Working Committee Yet To Decide
Sonia, Rahul have recused themselves from CWC meet
As the Congress Working Committee began consultations on Saturday to find its next president, UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and outgoing party head Rahul Gandhi left the meeting midway, saying they couldn’t be part of the process.
“We cannot be part of this process,” Sonia Gandhi said after she recused herself from the deliberations.
Rahul Gandhi left soon after, saying he would be visiting his parliamentary constituency Wayanad in Kerala, which is currently ravaged by heavy rains.
Sonia Gandhi said her name was included by default in the region-wise committees formed for wider consultations on selecting a new party chief.
The CWC has decided to have consultations with leaders from across the country and the party’s top decision-making body then was divided into five groups for different regions — northeast, east, north, west and south.
Rahul Gandhi, while resigning as the party president on May 25, had asked the CWC to elect a president from outside his family. His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is a Congress general secretary.

Rahul Gandhi [47]Elected Unopposed Congress President

[New Delhi]Rahul Gandhi Elected Unopposed Congress President
As per party’s central election authority head Mullappally Ramachandran, Rahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed as Congress president,
Rahul Gandhi will collect the certificate formally declaring his ascension to the post on December 16,
The 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family was the lone candidate in the fray.
Rahul Gandhi succeeds his mother Sonia Gandhi, who remained in the post for 19 years.
The CEA received a total of 89 nomination papers proposing Rahul Gandhi’s name for the top post. All the nomination papers were found to be valid,
The withdrawal of date/time is over and as there is only one candidate (Rahul), as per Article XVII (d) of the Constitution of Indian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi is elected as president of the Indian National Congress,

Chidambaram,Defending His President,Calls Modi’s Government”Over-Centralized Govt”

[New Delhi]Defending His Party President P Chidambaram Calls Modi’s Government an over-Centralized Govt
Ex FM +Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s veiled charge that Sonia Gandhi was an “unconstitutional authority” and instead accused the BJP and the government of “running to” RSS with a “pernicious” hidden agenda.
He attacked Narendra Modi saying he runs an “over-centralised” government and it will not go too far if it continues like this. In a dig at him, he said Modi has transformed from Chief Minister of Gujarat to Chief Minister of India.
Chidambaram, who held Finance and Home portfolios during the tenures of UPA government, dismissed criticism that Congress was adopting obstructionism in Parliament and said as Opposition its duty was to raise issues.
In a Interview To PTI He Said “They have not been able to point to a single instance, where Mrs. Sonia Gandhi took any government decision. She was the President of the party. As President of the party she is entitled to give the party’s view.
He Questioned “Why do BJP leaders run to Jhandewalan and Nagpur? (RSS headquarters). You constantly hear four ministers meet at Jhandewalan, four ministers went to Nagpur,”.
He was asked about the Prime Minister’s suggestion that Sonia Gandhi was an “unconstitutional” authority exercising “real” power over the PMO during the UPA rule.
Explaining Sonia Gandhi’s role during the UPA government, Chidambaram said that a party is entitled to give its view.
“Every decision of the UPA was taken either in the cabinet or cabinet committee. You can criticise the merit of the decision. But, how can one deny that the decision was taken by the cabinet or cabinet committee concerned?” he said.
Reacting to BJP chief Amit Shah’s statement that the party-led government lacked the mandate to address its core issues, the Congress leader said, “This Government and party in power are hiding their true colours.
“From time to time, statements like the one made by Amit Shah bring out their true colours. Their pernicious agenda is still there. They keep it hidden for a while, but sometimes it surfaces.