New Delhi: Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said most of the party workers would like to see Rahul Gandhi take over as the president of the grand old party.
“Mrs Gandhi and Rahul ji have shown what it means to sacrifice for the greater good of the people and the party. Its now time to build consensus and consolidate. Our future is stronger when we’re united. Most Congress workers would like to see Rahul ji take over and lead the party,” he tweeted.
Pilot’s comments came ahead of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in New Delhi today, where the leadership issue is likely to be discussed.
Suggestions made by 23 senior Congress leaders in a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi to revive the organisation have triggered tremors in the party.
Having a ‘full time’ leadership that is active in the field and visible in party offices, dissolution of powers to state units and revamping the CWC in line with the party constitution are some of the far-reaching suggestions made by the leaders.
They said that over-centralisation of the organisation and micro-management has always proven to be counter-productive, and that uncertainty over the leadership has ‘demoralised the Congress workers and further weakened the party’.
They were also critical of the way the Congress Working Committee, the party’s apex decision-making body, was being constituted and was functioning.
Highlighting the gravity of the challenges facing the party, they said that it was ‘imperative’ to urgently establish an institutional leadership mechanism to collectively guide the party’s revival
The letter talked about forming the CWC in accordance with the Congress’ constitution as well as reconstitution of the central parliamentary board and the central election committee.