Sonia Gandhi will remain Congress party's interim president and a new chief will be elected within the next 6 months, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) unanimously decided after deliberations of over seven hours. "Members expressed faith in Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi & urged her to continue leading party, she agreed. Till then, Sonia Gandhi agreed to remain interim president," Punia said. The crucial meeting of the CWC was held after 23 leaders wrote to party interim chief Sonia Gandhi calling for sweeping reforms in the party. Gandhi family loyalists and Congress Chief Ministers took on the section of leaders who signed the letter and rallied behind the Gandhi family, calling for Sonia Gandhi to stay or Rahul Gandhi to take charge again.

Source: dna August 24, 2020 13:24 UTC