Priyanka Gandhi’s move is aimed at firmly spiking an idea that has been supported by several senior Congress leaders over the last few weeks. A section of the Congress, including Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Thiruvananthapuram lawmaker Shashi Tharoor, has backed Priyanka Gandhi for the post of party president. Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been in exit mode ever since he announced his decision to resign from the top post to the Congress Working Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body. But most Congress leaders had assumed that Rahul Gandhi could be persuaded to continue. Rahul Gandhi helped drive this message home by putting out a four-page farewell note in early July.

Source: Hindustan Times August 01, 2019 10:04 UTC