Congress Crisis: Another Battle Awaits Gandhis? Members Demand Change In Party Leadership

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has again emphasized that more energy needs to be instilled in the organizational structure of the party, hence they need a permanent president.

Congress leaders have been demanding a permanent president for the party

New Delhi: While Congress is facing a crisis after Captain Amarinder Singh's resignation from the position of Punjab Chief Minister, demands to change the Congress leadership are again being witnessed. Expressing the need to have a permanent president of the Congress, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor Saturday emphasized that more energy needs to be instilled in the organizational structure of the party.

According to a report by ANI, the Congress MP spoke to the reporters and said "The leadership of Sonia Gandhi is the leadership we all love. Many have called for a permanent president. We haven't had a permanent president in the last two years. We need to instill more energy in the organizational structure of the Congress party. We all want Congress to have a permanent president. No one will speak against Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi is a leader who has led us so well. But even she has been saying for years that she has a desire to step down."

He further stated that if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is willing to come back into the party's leadership role, then that needs to take place soon.

Meanwhile, the Congress social media department Saturday passed a resolution to make Rahul Gandhi party president at the earliest, saying his leadership will bring new energy into the party cadre.

The resolution was passed unanimously at the social media department's national executive meeting "Drishti 2021".

This comes after similar resolutions were passed at the national executive meetings of the Indian Youth Congress, the NSUI, and the Congress SC/ST department.

However, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid spoke on the issue and said, "We already have a party president so we don't need another party president and we are satisfied. It seems people from outside (Congress) are not satisfied."