India News | Telangana: President Should Be from Gandhi Family, Asserts Cong Leader Hanumanth Rao
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Ahead of party president elections, Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao on Thursday stressed that the party chief should be from the Gandhi family.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 2 (ANI): Ahead of party president elections, Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao on Thursday stressed that the party chief should be from the Gandhi family.
" I request all the delegates across the country that people are familiar with the Gandhi family, it might be Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi. If Rahul Gandhi doesn't want to stand, then Priyanka Gandhi should be elected and she should come forward," said Congress leader V Hanumanth Rao.
He further slammed the veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the grand old party.
"Ghulam Nabi was saying this election is a fraud, he was president and I know that I am a party worker and I got the chance earlier. Ghulam Nabi didn't do good for the Congress party, while the party was in crisis," he added.
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Earlier on Sunday, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decided that the election for the Congress president post will be held on October 17, said sources.
The counting of the votes will be done on October 19.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting is underway today to discuss the final schedule for the election of the Congress president.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined the meeting via virtual meeting. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh also joined the meeting virtually.
This comes in the backdrop of the party's senior leader Gulam Nabi Azad's resignation last Friday. (ANI)
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