Congress presidential election on October 17

The election for Congress presidential post is set to be held on October 17. Counting will be done on October 19.

The election for Congress president post is set to be held on October 17. Counting will be done on 19th October.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making body, met on Sunday to approve the schedule for the election of the next AICC president.

Here’s the schedule for election to the post of Congress President:

The Congress had announced in October last year that the election of the new party president would be held between August 21 and September 20 this year.

Rahul Gandhi resigned as Congress president after the party suffered its second consecutive defeat in parliamentary elections in 2019.

Sonia Gandhi, who took over the reins of the party again as interim president, had also offered to quit in August 2020 after an open revolt by a section of leaders, referred to as G-23, but the CWC had urged her to continue.