New Delhi: If all goes as per the plan, the 'headless' Congress may get its new president in the next month. According to a senior party leader, Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet in the coming days soon after the outgoing party chief Rahul Gandhi returns to India.
While talking to reporters, senior Congress leader PL Punia said that the CWC is scheduled to meet in the coming week to decide on a new party chief and the name of the party's new president would be decided by the party's top decision-making body.
On the issue, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and general secretary Harish Rawat said that the CWC would be called in August to discuss the new party chief.
"Currently the discussions over the new party are taking place at every level of the party. And I think that Rahul Gandhi and senior party leaders will respect the feelings of the party workers," he said, adding that Rahul's resignation
has not been accepted by the CWC yet.
Rahul Gandhi had resigned as the Congress president soon after the party suffered a rout in the Lok Sabha elections.
As per the senior leaders, the party is also reportedly mulling the idea of a presidium system and of having several working presidents.