New Delhi: Acquittal of all including A. Raja and Kanimozhi, accused in the 2g scam, giving a “moral high ground” to the Congress, on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi is all set to chair a meeting of the Congress working committee(CWC) on Friday, his first as the party president. According to reports, after giving the new party boss a warm welcome, the members of CWC will buckle down to the “business of politics”.
Rahul Gandhi was elected unopposed as Congress chief on December 11 and assumed the party’s reins on December on 16.
Reports added that the CWC meeting is likely to discuss the current political situation in the country, including the ramifications of the Congress’ strong performance in the Gujarat Assembly elections for the party in future.
Party sources said the 2G spectrum scam case judgment acquitting all the accused is also likely to be discussed. The Congress alleges that the BJP and PM Modi had used the alleged scam as a tool while mounting a fierce campaign against the Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
The alleged corruption cases under the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre, during its second term from 2009-2014, were widely believed to have led to the defeat of the Manmohan Singh government.
The source said the committee is likely to pass a resolution, “defending” former prime minister Manmohan Singh over 2g scam issue.
The Congress, sources said, wants to take the 2G issue to the people for which it is likely to formalize a plan soon. The CWC, the party’s highest decision-making body, is also likely to adopt a resolution to this effect.
The agenda for the meeting was, however, not officially disclosed. Although Rahul has chaired CWC meetings in the past in the absence of his mother Sonia Gandhi, it will be for the first time that he will preside over it as the Congress president. Gandhi was elected unopposed as the Congress chief on December 11 and assumed the party’s reins on December 16.
Though Rahul has not made any official statement after the 2G spectrum scam case verdict on Thursday. a day after the Gujarat election results, the new Congress president said the polls had delivered the BJP a “zabardast jhatka (terrific shock)” that exposed PM Modi’s credibility crisis.
The meeting, sources said, would discuss the situation arising out of the continued contention between the government and the main opposition Congress over Modi’s remark against Singh suggesting that he colluded with some current and former Pakistani officials to influence the Gujarat polls.
Though Rahul Gandhi has chaired CWC meeting before in the absence of his mother, it will be the first time that he will be presiding over it as Congress president.