Rahul Gandhi, who has been prepping for his promotion as Congress President, is likely to take over from his mother Sonia Gandhi as the top boss of the party before the Gujarat assembly elections.
Party chief Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday to approve the schedule for election of the Congress president.
The meeting of the CWC, the highest decision-making body of the Congress, is scheduled to take place at 10:30 AM at Janpath, New Delhi, PTI reported.
This would clear the decks for the elevation of party vice president Rahul Gandhi to take over as the next chief.
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He is expected to be the only candidate in the fray, the sources said.
Party leaders say though it is not necessary to convene a formal meeting of the CWC to approve the schedule of the presidential election, Sonia Gandhi has decided to get the approval of the party's highest decision-making body.
In 1998, seven years after her husband and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, Sonia took over as the Congress chief. She is now the longest-serving party president.
Congress scion Rahul, who entered politics in 2004, was appointed as the vice president of the party in 2013.
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