At CWC meet, Rahul Gandhi says ‘will consider’ becoming Congress chief again

Rahul Gandhi has said he "will consider" returning as Congress President, reported ANI quoting sources after it emerged that several senior leaders, including the chief ministers of Punjab, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, as well as former Defence Minister AK Antony, had urged the Kerala MP to come back.

The Congress Working Committee on its nearly five-hour-long meeting on Saturday decided that the elections to the post of Congress president will be held between August 21 and September 20, next year.

In CWC meeting, on the request of senior leaders to become the president, Rahul Gandhi said, "I will consider." He also said that he needs clarity at the level of ideology, from the party leaders. Some leaders said that till the polls, he should be made the working president, news agency ANI reported quoting sources.


Rahul Gandhi had stepped down from the post of the party president after the 2019 general elections taking responsibility for Congress's defeat. Since then, Sonia Gandhi has been the interim president of the party.