CWC meeting: 'I am full-time, hands-on Congress President', says Sonia Gandhi

CWC meeting: Attempting to silence critics ahead of the crucial 2022 Assembly elections, interim president of Congress Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said she is the "full-time and hands-on" party chief during her address at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in New Delhi. In her opening remark at the CWC meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi, the interim Congress president said that she had been wanting for the meeting ever since Parliament adjourned. "Now that all of us are doubly vaccinated, I decided we could meet physically with our masks on," she said. Also Read | Sanyukt Kisan Morcha condemns ‘gruesome murder’ of Lakhbir Singh at Singhu border  Addressing the issue of organisational elections, Gandhi said, "The entire organisation wants a revival of the Congress. But this requires unity and keeping the Party's interests paramount. Above all, it requires self-control and discipline. I am acutely conscious of the fact that I have been interim Congress President ever since the CWC asked me to return in this capacity in 2019." Also Read | News of Dr. Manmohan Singh’s death is FAKE! He is stable Recalling that CWC has finalised a roadmap for electing a regular President by June 30, Gandhi said, "But the second wave of Covid-19 overtook the country and this deadline was extended indefinitely by the CWC in its meeting held on May 10, 2021." Gandhi said the schedule for full-fledged organisational elections has been finalised and will bring clarity on the matter "once and for all." "I am, if you will allow me to say so, a full-time and hands-on Congress President. In the last two years, a large number of our colleagues, particularly the younger ones have taken on leadership roles in taking party policies and programmes to the people--whether it be the agitation of farmers, provision of relief during the pandemic, highlighting issues of concern to youth and women, atrocities on Dalits, Adivasis and minorities, price rise, and the destruction of the public sector," she said. Gandhi claimed that Congress has "never let issues of public importance and concern go unaddressed". "You are aware that I have been taking them up with the Prime Minister as have Dr Manmohan Singh and Rahul. I have been interacting with like-minded political parties regularly. We have issued joint statements on national issues and coordinated our strategy in Parliament as well," she said. -PTC News

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