The Congress will hold the election to the post of its president on October 17, the party announced here on Sunday after the election schedule was endorsed by the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
This was the first meeting of the CWC after the exit of the party’s longest-serving general secretary, Ghulam Nabi Azad. But in the brief virtual meeting, none of the members raised his exit or expressed solidarity with the Gandhi family, which was at the centre of Mr. Azad’s attack in his resignation letter. There were also no fresh appeals from CWC members to Mr. Gandhi to return as party president.
