Will he agree to lead Congress in Lok Sabha? All eyes on Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: All eyes are on the Congress parliamentary strategy group meeting called by party president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday evening, with insiders watching if Rahul Gandhi will agree to lead Congress in Lok Sabha and shed his reluctance to assume leadership positions and fill the vacuum at the top.

It is hotly speculated that Congress will go into the monsoon session of Parliament starting next week with a new leader in place of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. While Punjab MPs Manish Tewari and Ravneet Bittu, as also Shashi Tharoor, Gaurav Gogoi and Uttam Reddy, are contenders, insiders say talk of change started with the expectation that Rahul may finally take the Lok Sabha position.

Insiders say that it is for the Gandhi scion to decide if he wants to assume the leadership, that many view as needed to instil a sense of normalcy after Rahul‘s resignation as Congress president following the defeat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.


If Rahul continues to stay away from the LS leadership, then Congress will have to decide on whether to replace Chowdhury. If so, a likely possibility would be the political adjustment of Punjab leaders in view of coming assembly elections.