Face of Nation : Amid growing voices calling for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to lead the Congress following Rahul Gandhi’s resignation, veteran leader Karan Singh has said she will be a “unifying force” and will enthuse cadres if she takes on the mantle of party president.
“She is a very intelligent young lady. She did well on the Sonbhadra issue when she went there (to meet victims of the massacre). She speaks well, she has got a good personality, carries herself well. So yes, if she agrees (to be Congress president), then why not,” he said. The former Union minister said Priyanka Gandhi will certainly be able to enthuse the people in the party and will be an asset as Congress chief.
“Baffled” over the “state of indecision” in the party, Mr Singh on Saturday said there are some very senior people in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and they should have come together earlier and done something about the situation arising out of Rahul Gandhi’s resignation.
The Congress today announced that the CWC will meet on August 10. The party had said earlier that the CWC will meet after the Parliament session ends next Wednesday. He said Rahul Gandhi’s letter on July 3 made it very clear that he had already resigned. “If under the circumstances he made a decision that he wanted to resign, it is his decision, and we must honour that decision,” Mr Singh said.
“We wasted one month pleading with him to take back his resignation which I don’t think was necessary because he is not a whimsical person that he will today make a decision and tomorrow take it back,” he said.
