On the face of it, it seemed like an unfruitful bargain though both were keen on KPCC president's post. Nevertheless, the KPCC wanted to take corrective action on the organisational structure before the Assembly polls. It has been over a year since Sonia Gandhi took over as interim Congress president, after Rahul Gandhi stepped down following the party’s humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls in May 2019. Now the situation is more precarious with the BJP making inroads in many regions and strong undercurrents of communal polarisation. Also in the high-stake political combat, the Congress will have to fend for itself with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), its main partner, stating that its leadership would not intervene in intra-party feuds of the Congress party.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2020 13:41 UTC