Congress leaders speak in different voices on leadership issue
New Delhi: The debate over leadership in Congress that kicked up after party Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s sudden leave refuses to die down with party leaders speaking in different voices. Some maintain that it’s time that Rahul takes over the supreme position in the party and put an end to the dual power centres in Congress, while others feel party President Sonia Gandhi should not retire now.
Former Union minister Ashwani Kumar termed as “totally uncalled for and utterly distasteful” suggestions that the Congress president should retire saying the party needs “collective leadership at this critical juncture”.
Another former Union minister Jairam Ramesh, however, said that Rahul Gandhi will be decisive when he takes over and provide leadership like Sonia Gandhi.
There are speculations that Rahu; Gandhi is likely to be elevated to the post of Congress President in the upcoming AICC meet in Bengaluru.
“It is up to him and the Congress President, Congress Working Committee and the AICC to decide but my view is that when he takes over, he will be decisive, I think he will provide leadership as has Mrs Gandhi,” said Ramesh, a Rajya Sabha MP who is stated to be close to the Congress Vice President.
“I think the way I see it what he is working out is a detailed blueprint for the revival, for the rejuvenation of the Congress which highlight the electoral debacle in 2014,” Ramesh said about Rahul’s sudden sabbatical.
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