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Will a reluctant Rahul Gandhi assume the

presidency of India’s grand old party?

Congress plans to embark on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari on September 7 under
Rahul Gandhi’s leadership; the 148-day march will culminate in Kashmir

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New Delhi/Jaipur

mid the countdown to the
elections of the Congress par-
Aty’s president, the turbulence
over the chief candidate’s name still
prevailed on Wednesday as sources
confirmed that the senior leaders of
the party advised Sonia Gandhi who
is currently the party supremo, to
continue till 2024 if her son and party
leader Rahul Gandhi denies running
for the post.
The senior leaders also stressed
that no one except the Gandhi family
can hold the party together, the party
will disintegrate and Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra should be given command af-
ter 2024. “Sonia Gandhi hinted at the
name of Ashok Gehlot, saying that
if no one from the Gandhi family is Rahul Gandhi interacts with the representatives of various civil society organisations at the
made then Gehlot should be made
the president, She also said this to Bharat Jodo Yatra Conclave in New Delhi (ANI/ Rahul Gandhi Facebook)
Gehlot in the meeting between the The yatra will include padayatras, their issues and share their thoughts.
two leaders on Tuesday,” said sources. rallies, and public meetings which will Gandhi will also discuss his Bharat
The tally is still stuck as both Ra-
hul and Priyanka Gandhi are going be attended by the senior Congress Jodo Yatra and its purpose with peo-
leaders including Sonia Gandhi and
ple from civil society.
abroad for their mother Sonia Gand- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The Con- Ahead of his Bharat Jodo Yatra
hi’s check-up. gress suffered a debacle in the assem- starting from Kanyakumari on Sep-
After the refusal of the Gandhi
family in the race for the post of pres- bly polls held earlier this year and the tember 7, Rahul Gandhi will work
yatra is seen as an attempt to rally the
with civil society to chalk out a strat-
ident, Ashok Gehlot is the first, fol- party rank and file for the upcoming egy for the 2024 general elections.
lowed by Mukul Wasnik, Venugopal, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (ANI) electoral battles. Gandhi is going to meet organizations
Kumari Selja, Malikarjun Kharge, Meanwhile, sources said Rahul and individuals working for different
Bhupesh Baghel and many other Rajasthan government’s upcoming Gandhi will meet civil society people sections of society before his Bharat
names are in discussion. Investors Summit “Invest Rajasthan and organizations in Delhi to listen to Jodo Yatra.
The Congress party has complet- 2022” in New Delhi which started
ed the internal election process till with MoUs Signing Ceremonies.
August 20. The party had announced He further added, “I want Rahul Sonia Gandhi to travel abroad for medical check-up
that the election for the post of pres- Gandhi to take charge as the Con-
ident will be held between August 21 gress president. I will try till the last ongress General Secretary in charge Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday
and September 20 but despite sever- moment that he takes command. He said that the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi will be travel-
al attempts, Rahul Gandhi has not was the president and he should be Cling abroad for her medical check-up along with Rahul Gandhi and
cleared the stance till now. the president.” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
“Currently, I have been assigned Meanwhile, Congress plans to “Congress President Sonia Gandhi, along with Rahul Gandhi and Pri-
with two works -- one as Gujarat ob- embark on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from yanka Gandhi Vadra, will be travelling abroad for medical check-ups. Party
server and the other as the Chief Minis- Kanyakumari on September 7 under MP Rahul Gandhi will address ‘Mehangai Par Halla Bol’ rally in Delhi on
ter of Rajasthan and I am doing my job the leadership of party leader Rahul September 4,” Ramesh said in a statement. Party MP Rahul Gandhi will
with honesty and full determination as Gandhi and the 148-day march will address the ‘Mehangai Par Halla Bol’ rally in Delhi on September 4.
the election is underway,” Gehlot told culminate in Kashmir. The five-month Congress president Sonia Gandhi will also visit her ailing mother be-
ANI when he was asked about him be- yatra is scheduled to cover a distance fore she returns to Delhi, he added.
ing the Congress president as hinted of 3,500 kilometres and more than 12 Earlier on Tuesday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi met the newly elect-
by party interim chief Sonia Gandhi. states. The padyatra (march) will cov- ed President of India Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.
The CM’s remarks came during the er a distance of 25 km every day.

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