Elections will not be held for the Congress Working Committee in the Congress session, steering committee will decide – Kharge will choose CWC member
Congress session has started in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur. An important decision has been taken regarding the election of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in the steering committee meeting held before the convention. It has been decided not to hold CWC elections in this meeting. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge himself will appoint the CWC members. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has given this information. Jairam Ramesh told reporters that there was a frank discussion in the steering committee. During this, all the 45 members present kept their point. The Steering Committee has unanimously decided that the Congress President should be empowered to nominate CWC members. He informed that all former Prime Ministers and former Presidents of the Congress Party would be given representation in the Working Committee. Open discussion took place in the steering committee. All the members kept their point. Unanimously, the Steering Committee has decided that the Congress President should be empowered to nominate the members of the CWC.
स्टीयरिंग कमेटी में खुलकर बातचीत हुई। सभी सदस्यों ने अपनी बात रखी।
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 24, 2023
सर्वसम्मति से स्टीयरिंग कमेटी ने यह तय किया है कि कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष को CWC के सदस्यों को नॉमिनेट करने का अधिकार दिया जाए।
: @Jairam_Ramesh जी pic.twitter.com/jMOUNGguZl
Amendment in 6 provisions, 32 rules
The Congress Working Committee on Friday unanimously decided that party president Mallikarjun Kharge will be authorized to nominate members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Giving this information, party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that in the meeting of the Steering Committee, it was unanimously decided that the Congress President should be empowered to nominate the members of the Working Committee. Jairam Ramesh also told that we are bringing an amendment in the Congress constitution, under which provision will be made to secure and ensure representation for weaker sections, scheduled castes, tribes, OBCs, women, youth and minority communities. There is also a provision in the constitution of CWC to authorize the president to conduct the election of the working committee or to nominate the members of the CWC.
85वें कांग्रेस महाधिवेशन में हम विषय संबंधी समिति के अंतर्गत, आम जनमानस के महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दों पर गहन चर्चा कर रहें है।
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) February 24, 2023
भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस इस देश को एक नया दृष्टिकोण, नई दिशा और नव ऊर्जा प्रदान करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है। #INCPlenaryInCG pic.twitter.com/EgHWRuFdQ8
In case of elections, out of total 25 members of CWC, 12 members are elected and 11 members are nominated by the party president. The Congress President and the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party is automatically a member of the CWC. Earlier there was news that the Gandhi family would not attend the meeting of the Congress Steering Committee. Sources had told NDTV that Priyanka Gandhi, along with former Congress chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, will not attend the crucial meeting in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, where elections to the party’s apex body, the CWC, will be discussed.
According to sources, the Gandhi family wants to give a free hand to the new Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and does not want to influence the decisions in any way. However, he will participate in another conclave, which is expected to brainstorm for the 2024 national elections. After successive election defeats and years of internal wrangling and exodus of leaders for change, Sonia Gandhi handed over the reins of the 137-year-old organization to Mallikarjun Kharge in October.
The 85th Plenary Session of Congress is being held in Raipur. The three-day convention is expected to chalk out a roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and finalize the strategy for electoral alliances with like-minded parties. In this, Congress leaders are expected to support the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge and pave the way for a new working committee under his leadership. About 15,000 delegates will participate in the Congress session.
