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Rahul Gandhi might become Congress president before the Gujarat elections

Rahul Gandhi might become Congress president before the Gujarat elections
19 Nov 2017
  • If reports are to be believed, Rahul Gandhi is set to replace mother Sonia Gandhi as Congress president, a post she has held for 17 years, before the Gujarat elections.
  • The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet tomorrow to finalize the party's internal election schedule.
  • The entire election process will take up to two weeks. Rahul is likely to be elected unopposed. Here's more.

  • Rahul made his political debut in 2004 from Amethi
    History
  • Rahul made his political debut in 2004, when he contested the Nehru-Gandhi bastion Amethi without any experience.
  • In 2013, he was made the party vice president.
  • This time last year, the CWC had met to discuss his elevation and expressed "unanimous and strong sentiments" about the move.
  • Rahul has lately been spearheading Congress' campaign in Gujarat ahead of state elections.

  • He might be Congress president in two weeks
    Schedule
  • The Congress has to complete its organizational elections before December 31, the EC has mandated.
  • Sources say the Mullappally Ramachandran-led election panel is considering letting candidates apply starting next week till December 1. An election will be held on December 8.
  • If there's just one nomination filed (as is expected), the party will get a president on the last day of filing nominations itself.

  • But can this person be a potential candidate?
    Priyanka
  • Though speculations about Rahul's promotion have abounded since long, in August, reports said Sonia had wondered aloud about whether daughter Priyanka should be given charge.
  • Sources had said the CWC supported it: she's a young face who could connect with fresh voters as well as strategize with senior leaders.
  • There was dissatisfaction that Rahul's working style is in contrast to that of senior leaders.

  • What will happen to Sonia Gandhi once someone replaces her?
    Sonia
  • Sonia Gandhi was made the Congress chief in 1998, and is the longest-serving president of the party.
  • It is not yet clear what her role would be post a decision on the party's next president, but sources say she is likely to remain a senior advisor.
  • For now, she could continue as the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party.



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