Congress leader Sonia Gandhi addresses during CWC meeting via video conferencing, in New Delhi.
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Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi with senior party party leaders AK Anthony and Mallikarjun Kharge during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi flanked with former prime minister Manmohan Singh during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party leader Jyotiradiya Scindia and others during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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AICC general secretary in-charge for Maharashtra Mallikarjun Kharge leaves after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) at 10, Janpath, in New Delhi.
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Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi arrives for Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC HQ in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives for Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC HQ in New Delhi.
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Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Anand Sharma and others during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC HQ in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi flanked by senior party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC HQ in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi flanked by senior party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC HQ in New Delhi. Also seen ...
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi and former president Sonia Gandhi at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and others at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi with his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrives to attend Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and others at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior leader A.K. Antony and other CWC members during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New D...
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior leader A.K. Antony and other CWC members during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, in New D...
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi, senior party leaders Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and others observe two-minute silence to mourn the death of martyred personnel who lost their liv...
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Congress general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet, in Ahmedabad.
Sonia Gandhi once again has the onerous task of resurrecting Congress as a serious political heavyweight but the biggest hurdle is the baggage of inexperienced young leaders
Sonia Gandhi's biggest challenge will be to strike a quick balance between the ego of veteran leaders and the aspirations of youngsters as Assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand approach
Whether Rahul Gandhi stays on as Congress president or goes may yet be a tough question to answer but Congress sources say Sonia Gandhi is again the leader to watch out for. The future course of the party, insiders say, will be chalked out by her.
Poor show in the Lok Sabha elections has put Kamal Nath's Congress government in Madhya Pradesh under the pump. If the Lok Sabha election results are any yardstick, BJP are on a very good wicket
The novice Rahul Gandhi of old is gone. His probable allies may be less than enthusiastic, but a presidential air is building up around the 2019 contest.
The net result of the seven-hour CWC meeting was that the Congress party remained where it was. There were no definite answers on when the full-time president will be elected – only a tentative time frame of ‘within six months’ is what party sources confirmed to Outlook.
In her closing remarks, Sonia Gandhi told the CWC that the party needs to be united in its fight against the BJP. She said that she holds no ill feeling against anyone.
Rahul Gandhi questioned the timing of the latter as it came at a time when Sonia Gandhi was hospitalised and the party was fighting with the BJP in Rajasthan to save its government.
Sonia Gandhi has told some members of the CWC that she doesn't want to be confirmed as president for a full term following Monday's party meet, sources told Outlook.
Addressing the meeting, Sonia Gandhi said the country is in the midst of an unprecedented health and humanitarian crisis that has caused 'untold suffering' across the world but also 'reaffirmed the bonds of brotherhood' that unite humanity.
It will be interesting is to examine the historical relationship between between Scindias and Muslims and how it will shape Jyotiraditya’s position on the BJP’s Hindutva ideology, writes Shaikh Mujibur Rehman.
Former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit has accused senior leaders of failing to find a new president after all these months because they are "scared who will bell the cat".
What is important now is where Congress goes under Sonia, who first became party president in 1998 and held the post for 19 years until December 2017, making her the longest-serving president in Congress' history.