During the meeting of Congress' top decision-making body, the party is likely to decide on a schedule for electing a new chief and discuss recent dissenting notes and defections.
CWC meeting Monday also discussed party's poor performance in the just-concluded assembly elections and Modi govt's handling of the Covid crisis amid the second wave.
The CWC has decided to hold election for the new Congress president in June. Party leaders say both CWC & CEC will be able to assert their power only when their members are elected.
Ashok Gehlot & Anand Sharma scrap over some senior leaders’ demand for CWC elections. Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal says some clarity is awaited.
Congress’ Central Election Authority has written to state party presidents that it plans to ‘convene an AICC meeting as soon as possible’, and sought details of AICC members.
In episode 557 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses how Congress has shown a lack of internal democracy repeatedly since Indira Gandhi in the 1960s.
The clash at the CWC meeting emerged between leaders who had sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi demanding ‘effective leadership’, and those backing the current leadership.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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