Thursday, July 26th, 2018
Congress Working Committee backs Rahul Gandhi as 2019 face, opens door to alliances
The Congress Working Committee, revamped recently and the party’s top decision-making forum, met on Sunday to plan for the year-end assembly elections in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The five-hour meeting produced two main outcomes: Rahul Gandhi would be the party’s prime ministerial face in 2019, and the party would pursue tie-ups and alliances. An analysis of the meeting argued that the road to recovery would be long and difficult. The two decisions The meeting came two days after Rahul’s attack onRead More