Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he was “ready to work for the party as all desired” at a meeting with Congress “dissenters” ...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he was “ready to work for the party as all desired” at a meeting with Congress “dissenters”, who had strongly called for an organisational overhaul in recent months, reported NDTV.
His statement rekindled speculation about the 50-year-old returning at the helm of affairs, as the party prepares to conduct internal elections so that a full-time president can take over from interim chief Sonia Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi said that he was “willing to work for the party as all of you desire”, according to senior Congress leader Pawan Bansal, who was present at the meeting. Asked whether Gandhi’s comment signalled his return as chief, Bansal said: “No one has an issue with Rahul Gandhi.... The process of electing a Congress president is in the process.”
During the meeting, senior leaders like Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, raised questions about the internal conflict between the veteran leadership and the younger political leaders of the party, according to The Hindu.
Gandhi responded by saying that he valued their contributions and acknowledged that many of them worked with his father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. At the same time, Gandhi reportedly stressed on the need...
