Sonia Gandhi completes her one year as interim chief of Congress on Monday,August 10, with the party yet to find her successor. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday opined that the Congress must expedite the process of finding a full-term president to arrest the growing public perception that the party is "adrift and indecisive organisation". The party must resolve the leadership crisis after Rahul Gandhi had stepped down as president,the CWC should hold elections to choose the next leader.
Talking to a news agency,Tharoor also said that he certainly thinks Rahul Gandhi has the "mettle, capability and aptitude to once again lead the party", but if he does not wish to do so then the party must "take action" to elect a new chief.That is precisely what the Congress needs to urgently address by expediting the process of finding a full-term president, through a participatory and democratic process that will offer the winning candidate a legitimate mandate and the credibility,he said.
Congress needs to find an “active and full-time leadership” without delay. “It is of critical importance that we delay no further and work together to move forward,” the MP said. “Resolving the uncertainty about long-term leadership is an indispensable aspect of our process of revival. It must be given foremost priority.”said Tharoor
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