Sonia Gandhi Elected As Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson

Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). Speaking to the media on Saturday evening, party leader Rajeev Shukla confirmed that she has accepted the post.

Earlier in the day, the Extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) unanimously passed a resolution requesting senior party leader Rahul Gandhi to assume the role of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Addressing a press conference following the CWC meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, Congress leader KC Venugopal stated that the CWC believes Rahul Gandhi’s leadership will build a strong and vigilant opposition.

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh added that the recent elections serve as a booster dose for the Congress party, noting that the party will conduct a thorough analysis of its election performance at the state level.

In his opening remarks at the meeting of the extended Congress Working Committee, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge congratulated all the newly elected members of the Congress who fought and won the elections despite adverse circumstances. He highlighted that in Manipur, where the Congress’s Nyay Yatra began, the party won both seats and also secured seats in Nagaland, Assam, and Meghalaya. He emphasized that across the country, the Congress party received immense support from the people for its efforts to save democracy and the Constitution. Mr. Kharge affirmed that, together with I.N.D.I.A bloc partners, the party will work unitedly both inside and outside Parliament.