Congress to elect new president in September 2022, says head of party’s poll body

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New Delhi: Clearing the air on the much-awaited query many ask, Congress’ Central Election Authority president Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday mentioned the occasion would get its new nationwide president by the tip of September 2022.

The grand outdated occasion is presently headed by interim president Sonia Gandhi, who took over after her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi resigned from the publish in July 2019 following the occasion`s defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

“As per schedule decided by Congress Working Committee, the election process for the post of Congress president will be completed by September,” Mistry instructed ANI.

The membership drive is presently occurring in full swing and the method might be accomplished by March 31, subsequent 12 months, he underlined.

Mistry, who met Sonia Gandhi on Monday, mentioned a digital membership drive can also be occurring.

“Post March, the election process will be started at the primary level like block, district and state following which the election process for the post of party president will be completed by September,” he mentioned.

 Mistry additional assured that issues are going as per the schedule and by October 1, the occasion may have its new nationwide president.

On asking in regards to the election of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) members, Mistry mentioned that it will likely be determined by the working committee after which conveyed to the Central Election Authority to maintain the election for the CWC members or not.

Notably, Congress` teams of 23 leaders (G-23) has written a letter to Sonia Gandhi demanding a slew of organizational reforms together with elections for CWC members, its president and for the occasion`s Parliamentary Board.

G-23 members have on a number of events raised their points, making a storm throughout the occasion, following which a number of CWC conferences have been convened and it was determined that the organisational elections ought to be held however had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, for the primary time, the chairman of the Central Election Authority of the Congress occasion has come up on the file and disclosed the progress in the method and the deadline to elect the new occasion president.

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