Gandhi family skips steering committee meeting of Congress plenary session in Raipur

Raipur: Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi did not attend the Congress party’s steering committee underway in Chhttisgarh’s Raipur on Friday. According to political analysts, their absence is to pass on the message that the party president Mallikarjun Kharge has been given a free hand in setting the course for steering committee deliberations.

Usually, BJP leaders allege that despite being in the post of the Congress president, Kharge is just a rubber stamp. Now the first family of Congress wants to dispel this allegation.

Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee president Mohan Markam told the media that the Gandhis will reach Raipur at 2.30 PM on Friday. Markam however claimed that health issues prevented the Gandhis from taking part in the steering committee meeting.

In the steering committee meeting, it will be decided whether elections are going to be held to choose the Congress Working Committee members or they will be selected.

The 85th Plenary Session of the Congress started on Friday with the meeting of the steering committee. It will conclude with a public rally on Sunday.