Face of Nation : Former Congress presidents Rahul and Sonia Gandhi Saturday said they would not take part in the process of nominating the next party chief. At a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi today, the leaders said they could not be part of the consultations as they have served as heads of the party in the past.During the CWC meeting, it was also decided that Congress chief ministers, state presidents and party office bearers would be consulted before a new president was chosen. The CWC was divided into five groups of leaders, each representing a different region — North East, North, South, East and West — to hold deliberations on the selection of the Congress chief.
Congress leader and party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, speaking to reporters, said Rahul’s resignation as Congress chief was still under consideration, and that the CWC would likely take a decision on it this evening.
