The Congress Working Committee meet is now underway. (File)
Highlights
- Sonia Gandhi has told her aides she does not want to continue
- Around 20 leaders wrote to her demanding "full-time, visible president"
- They also sought sweeping overhaul of organisation including elections
Sonia Gandhi is expected to resign as Congress's interim president in what is widely expected to be a stormy meeting of the party's top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, that is now underway. Sonia Gandhi told the party today to start a process to replace her as the interim chief of the party after around 20 leaders wrote to her demanding a "full-time, visible president" and a sweeping overhaul of the organisation including elections.
Here are some scenarios of what may happen at the CWC:
1. Sonia Gandhi resigns, is adamant about not coming back. Rahul Gandhi is adamant about not taking over. Sonia Gandhi stays on as interim president until a non-Gandhi president is selected through elections or mutual consensus.
2. Sonia Gandhi resigns and is adamant about not coming back. Rahul Gandhi, who quit last year, is open to taking over. Rahul Gandhi takes over as interim Congress president