As the Congress gets ready to announce its final schedule to elect a new party president by September 21, incumbent president Sonia Gandhi met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday and is understood to have asked him to take over.
With Mr. Gandhi making it clear to his colleagues that he isn’t ready to take back the reins of the party and there being concerns over Ms. Gandhi’s health and age, the party could now be looking at a non-Gandhi at the helm of affairs.
Mr. Gehlot, however, is said to be uncomfortable with the idea and reiterated his earlier stance that former party chief Rahul Gandhi is the “unanimous” choice.
