Party should decide on the new Congress president quickly, says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that his party should elect a new Congress president without any further delay.
"Party should decide on the new president quickly without further delay, I'm nowhere in this process. I have already submitted my resignation and I am no longer the party president. CWC should convene a meeting at the earliest and decide," news agency ANI quoted him.
Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to say that it was his honour to serve as the Congress President and shared the resignation letter.
“I owe the country and my organisation a debt of tremendous gratitude and love,” he wrote on Twitter.
Earlier today, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot met UPA chief Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi.
The development comes two days after chief ministers of five Congress-ruled states urged Rahul Gandhi not to leave the post of the party president.
Despite senior members making serious attempts to convince Rahul Gandhi to reconsider his decision to quit as the party chief, he remains unfazed.
On Tuesday, party workers and leaders staged a sit-in outside Congress headquarters and urged an unrelenting Rahul Gandhi to withdraw his resignation.
Rahul Gandhi had offered to step down on May 25 at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee after party's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections.
However, his offer of resignation was unanimously rejected by the CWC.
The Congress won 52 seats in the recent general elections, which is just eight more than 2014 in the outgoing Lok Sabha.
(With inputs from agencies)