Tag: Congress Working Committee

CWC asks Rahul Gandhi to reconsider his decision to quit as Congress president

"The CWC unanimously appealed to Rahul Gandhi to lead the party as he was the best person for the top post at the time when the BJP-led government was assaulting democracy and undermining people's rights," said Congress media in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala while addressing media persons after the meeting.

August 10, 2019

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi not part of groups formed to elect new party chief

"Rahul and I cannot participate in the election of the new party chief. Putting our names is not good," she told reporters.

August 10, 2019

Several Congress leaders resign in support of Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi announced his decision to quit as Congress President after the election results but the Congress Working Committee (CWC) wants him to continue.

June 28, 2019

Familiar farce

Though a closed door meet, the family did leakits viewpoint: Sonia and Priyanka’s contention that Rahul’s resignation would play into the BJPs hands invites ridicule ~ has enough damage not already resulted from Rahul’s inept political management?

May 28, 2019

Priyanka makes first tweets after debut speech in Gujarat, recalls words of Mahatma Gandhi

She tweeted words of Mahatma Gandhi along with a picture of some of his belongings including his charkha (spinning wheel).

March 13, 2019

Rahul Gandhi, Sonia, Priyanka in Gujarat for Congress Working Committee meet, attend prayers at Sabarmati

CWC, the highest decision-making body of the Congress, is meeting in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for the first time since 1961, after a gap of 58 years.

March 12, 2019

Gandhiji knew Congress culture, wanted it disbanded, writes PM Modi as Oppn meets in Gujarat

The blog comes on a day when the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held at Gandhinagar in Gujarat to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

March 12, 2019

Easier said than…

A resolution cannot be reduced to a position-paper or statement of desire or intent. It involves not only a commitment and strategy, but a gearing up of capacities and mechanisms to deliver what is resolved. In the seeming absence of the latter, there would appear something “shambolic” to the Congress Working Committee’s resolution calling for...

October 4, 2018

Will Congress manage its alliances?

The Congress is seeking to stitch alliances with like-minded parties before the 2019 polls to oust BJP from power and also to take a lead in uniting the opposition. The question is will it work on the ground? It is too early to predict, as there are many hurdles to building up the opposition unity....

September 2, 2018

Elevated or sidelined? Harish Rawat made AICC general secretary

Struggling after suffering defeat from two seats in last state assembly elections, senior Congress leader and ex-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat received a boost after finding a place in the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Harish Rawat has been appointed as general secretary of the CWC. Ashok Gehlot, general secretary of All India Congress Committee, informed...

July 19, 2018

Rahul Gandhi gets authorisation to constitute CWC

Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on Sunday given the authorisation to constitute the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The decision to grant authorisation to the 47-year-old Gandhi scion was taken on the second and final day of the Congress plenary currently underway in New Delhi. Party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad who presided over the decision making...

March 18, 2018

CWC passes resolution hailing Sonia Gandhi’s contribution

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday passed a resolution expressing its “deep gratitude” to its former President Sonia Gandhi’s guidance and leadership, and commending her contribution to India becoming a political and economic power. It said she led the Congress through challenging times and difficult situations to safeguard and uphold its ideology and commitment...

December 23, 2017

Rahul Gandhi to file nomination for top Congress post on Monday

A host of party heavyweights will be present when Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi files his nomination papers for the party chief’s post at its headquarters here on Monday. Six Chief Ministers — Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah, Himachal Pradesh’s Virbhadra Singh, Puducherry’s V Narayanasamy, Meghalaya’s Mukul Sangma and Mizoram’s Lal Thanhawla — are expected...

December 3, 2017

Rahul’s elevation as Cong Prez will make BJP’s job easier: Adityanath

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday mocked Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress’ move to elevate him as party president would make “easier” the BJP’s task to make India “Congress-mukt”. The chief minister’s remarks come a day after the Congress Working Committee cleared the decks for Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as party president. “By becoming Congress...

November 21, 2017

Congress veteran Makhan Lal Fotedar dies

Makhan Lal Fotedar, a veteran Congress leader who was a close confidante of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, died today. He died at a hospital in Gurugram on the outskirts of Delhi, Congress party sources said. Hailing from Kashmir, Fotedar was ushered into politics by Jawaharlal Nehru in early 1950s and he...

September 28, 2017