The search for a new Congress President is on.

New Delhi:

The process has not yet started in the party for the election of the Congress President.

Whereas it was said to start from 20 August itself.

'Who will be the next president of Congress?', the picture on this is not clear yet.

Regarding the process of election for the post of Congress President, a Congress source said that, 'CWC had decided that the process of election for Congress President would be held between August 20 and September 21.

No single date was given.

The blueprint of the election process will be presented by the CWC in the next few days.

At the same time, on the question of reports about Rahul Gandhi not accepting the post of President, a Congress source said, "Don't know what is the basis of such reports, the process of election for the post of Congress President should be waited."

Sources told NDTV that Rahul Gandhi is not ready to become the president once again.

All efforts to persuade him have also proved unsuccessful.

After the defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi resigned from the post of party president.

At the same time, rejecting the appeal of Congress members, he is adamant on his decision.

The current president, Sonia Gandhi, has also refused to become the president again due to health reasons.

Sources say that after this most of the members of the 137-year-old party are looking towards Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for this post.

He believes that only a member of the Gandhi family can run the party better.

At the same time, her performance as the in-charge of Uttar Pradesh is also in the minds of many people.

If sources are to be believed, the name of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is also being discussed for the post of party president.

This means that the new Congress president is likely to be a non-Gandhi leader.

In the absence of consensus, clouds of uncertainty are hovering over the schedule for the election of the National President of the Congress, which begins on Saturday.

However, the party has not yet made any official comment on this.

However, Rahul Gandhi continues to lead the Congress' campaign against the government.

He will address a huge rally in September and will start the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Kanyakumari.


The leadership crisis of the Congress party has persisted for years and many big leaders have left the party after successive electoral defeats. 

In March, Sonia Gandhi offered to resign along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in her speech to senior leaders at a meeting to discuss the party's assembly election defeat.

However, he was persuaded to stay till the election.

The last time Sitaram Kesari became the Congress president was in 1998, a non-Gandhi leader.


At a major meeting in Udaipur in May, the Congress discussed detailed strategies for revival.

Whoever is elected Congress president right now will face the daunting task of leading the party to a struggle against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP in the 2024 elections.

In front of whom the party has lost two elections.