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After refuting claims of Gandhis resigning, Congress reschedules CWC meet to Monday

Congress refuted claims of Gandhis resigning | Credit: ANINew Delhi: The Congress Working Committee meeting on Sunday has been rescheduled. The meeting will now be held on Monday, 10 am to discuss the outcome of the assembly elections. This development comes after Congress refuted reports that the Gandhi family members will resign from all organisational posts.Dismissing a media report which claimed that the Gandhi family members will resign from all party positions, Randeep Surjewala termed it “wrong and mischievous”.Questions being raised over leadership of the Gandhi familyRelated NewsAfter Congress bites dust in polls, DK Shivakumar says ‘party cannot stay united without Gandhi family’Completely mischievous, incorrect: Congress trashes report claiming Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka to offer resignations The Congress lost Punjab to the AAP and could not wrest any of the four other states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur – from the BJP.Questions have been raised over the leadership of the Gandhi family after the party’s poll debacle in five states. Related News’Time of introspection has passed, it’s time to decide’: After poll debacle, G-23 of Congress likely to meet this weekend While Sonia Gandhi has not been actively campaigning for some time, Rahul Gandhi was the star campaigner for the Congress along with her sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The brother-sister duo also played a major role in the key decisions of the party.G-23 dissident leaders have pressed for an organisational overhaul Despite a high-pitched campaign led by AICC general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the grand old party could manage to win only two of the 403 assembly seats and most of its candidates losing security deposits. Rahul Gandhi resigned as Congress president after the party suffered its second consecutive defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with Sonia Gandhi taking over the reins of the party again as interim president. She also offered to quit in August 2020 after an open revolt by G-23 leaders but CWC urged her to continue. Now, G-23 dissident leaders have questioned the leadership once again and pressed for an organisational overhaul. These leaders met on Friday evening at the residence of Ghulam Nabi Azad to plan their strategy ahead of the crucial CWC meeting.

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