Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

It has been quite some time now that there are speculations of Rahul Gandhi replacing Sonia Gandhi as the Congress party President. The party had also recently said that the nominations for the post of the president of Congress will be filed till 10 Oct and soon Sonia will be replaced.

Though the party has claimed that Congress has always worked on the principles of democracy and anyone is free to contest against Rahul, the Vice-President is unlikely to get any competition. Congress is eagerly waiting for Rahul Gandhi to assume office as the President of the party and according to the sources, the needful will be done within a month. AICC also informed that Sonia Gandhi will continue to act as the guiding force for the party.

Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday said that “the desire of crores of Congress workers to see Rahul Ji taking over the leadership could be fulfilled in a month’s time as the organisational elections are in full swing.”

Answering whether anyone could contest against Rahul, Surjewala reminded the incidents of pre-Independence Subhas Chandra Bose vs Pattabhi Sitaramayya contest for the Congress president’s post and the contest between Sonia Gandhi and Jitendra Prasada. He said that the party has always functioned on the principles of internal democracy and anyone is welcome to contest for the post of the President of Congress party.

While Rahul Gandhi has also many a time indicated that he is ready to take over as the President of the party and it the party members wishes to put him on the post.