Rahul Gandhi chairs his first CWC; organisational revamp of Congress, 2G verdict on meeting agenda
Rahul Gandhi chaired his first Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Friday. It was his first such meeting after being elected as the party chief.
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Rahul Gandhi chaired his first Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Friday. It was his first such meeting after being elected as the party chief. PTI
The meeting took place within a week of Rahul Gandhi taking over as party president from his mother Sonia Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi was elected unopposed as the Congress chief on 11 December and assumed the party's reins on 16 December. PTI
His mother and predecessor Sonia Gandhi was also present at the meeting, which took place in New Delhi. Sonia arrived a little before Rahul for the meeting and was accorded a warm reception by the committee members. AP
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, senior party leaders Motilal Vora, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Janardan Dwivedi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Karan Singh, Anand Sharma, Mohsina Kidwai, Ambika Soni, CP Joshi, Kamal Nath, BK Hariprasad and Oscar Fernandes also attended the meeting, along with party in-charges for various states. Firstpost/Debobrat Ghose
Although the agenda for the meeting was not officially disclosed before the meeting, media sources said that the party top brass discussed a strategy for the Winter Session of the Parliament, the verdict in the 2G spectrum case and the upcoming Assembly polls in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. At the meet, Rahul also said that CWC meets will be held every two months, in an effort to ramp up party functioning. AP
Media reports also believe that an organisational revamp may occur in Congress. Rahul is likely to include young faces in the party top ranks and bring in new faces from the youth wing of the party, of which he has been a president since long. Rahul Gandhi welcomed by Mallikarjun Kharge at the CWC meet. Firstpost/Debobrat Ghose
After the meeting, Rahul hit out at the BJP, saying the party's foundation was based on lies. "The whole architecture and foundation of the BJP are based on lies...Modi's Gujarat model is also a lie," he said to the press. He also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being silent on the "sudden spurt" in turnover in the business of BJP chief Amit Shah's son and the "change in Rafale deal." AP
He also said the 2G spectrum verdict has been a "vindication" of the party's stand. "The truth of 2G is in front of everyone," Rahul said after the CWC meeting. Congress workers demonstrate outside the Parliament House police station against BJP allegedly misleading the nation on 2G. PTI