Congress Holds Steering Panel Meet To Decide Plenary Session Date, Venue. Kharge, Sonia Gandhi Attend

Along with Congress president Kharge and former party chief Sonia Gandhi, the meeting was attended by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, senior leaders P Chidambaram, and Anand Sharma.

Along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Sonia Gandhi, the meeting was also attended by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

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New Delhi: The first meeting of the Congress steering committee constituted by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge began on Sunday with the party's top brass holding deliberations on the schedule and venue for its plenary session besides discussing critical organisational matters.

Along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Sonia Gandhi, the meeting was also attended by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, senior leaders P Chidambaram, Anand Sharma, Meira Kumar, and Ambika Soni.

During the all-important steering committee meeting, discussions on several organisational matters would also be taken up, news agency PTI reported citing party sources. Rahul Gandhi did not attend the meeting due to the Bharat Jodo Yatra which is set to enter Rajasthan on Sunday evening.

Congress Steering Committee, chaired by Congress President Shri @Kharge and Chairperson CPP Smt. Sonia Gandhi met at AICC HQ. pic.twitter.com/xI13otPuMV

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The steering committee was formed in place of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making body after Kharge took charge in October.

"There is a meeting of the Congress steering committee. Its main purpose is to decide the dates of the plenary session and where it should be held. There will be a discussion on this issue," AICC general secretary, of communications, Jairam Ramesh told reporters on Saturday.

After Kharge became the Congress president all the members of the CWC were made part of the steering committee soon. 

Kharge's election as the Congress president will be ratified at the party's plenary session, which is likely to be held in February or March next year, and the dates could be finalised during the meeting. More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates are likely to attend the party's plenary session. He is the first non-Gandhi to be elected as the Congress president after a gap of 24 years in a direct contest for the top party post.

(With PTI Inputs)