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Sonia all set to be re-elected as Congress President
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi is all set to be re-elected as the Congress President on September 17.
The schedule for the party chief's election was finalised at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here today.
As per the schedule, the date for notification of the polls is August 27, last date for filing nominations is September 2, scrutiny will be held on September 3, last date of withdrawal is September 10, and date of polls, if necessary, is September 17.
Counting of votes will be held on September 21.
This is also the schedule for the election of the PCC presidents in various states, AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters after the CWC meeting.
PCC delegates, who constitute a total of 7946, are the electoral collage for the Congress President's election, which is held in Delhi as also in state headquarters.
63-year-old Gandhi has created a record of being the longest-serving party Congress President and completed over a decade since she took over the top post in April 1998.
She took over in the wake of the party's dismal showing in the 1998 Lok Sabha polls that saw the exit of Sitaram Kesri from the post.
She has so far been unanimously elected to the post barring once when Jitendra Prasada, a senior leader from Uttar Pradesh, had thrown his hat in the ring but failed miserably in the polls in 2000.
The election for the party chief's post is expected to witness Gandhi's fourth term for the top office of the party, which is completing 125 years of its inception.
This was because no other contender is expected to be in the field. Gandhi's re-election is expected to become known on September 2 itself, which is the last date for filing nominations.
Out of the 28 CWC members and incharges of states and departments, 26 were present in the meeting.
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi is all set to be re-elected as the Congress President on September 17.
The schedule for the party chief's election was finalised at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here today.
As per the schedule, the date for notification of the polls is August 27, last date for filing nominations is September 2, scrutiny will be held on September 3, last date of withdrawal is September 10, and date of polls, if necessary, is September 17.
Counting of votes will be held on September 21.
This is also the schedule for the election of the PCC presidents in various states, AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters after the CWC meeting.
PCC delegates, who constitute a total of 7946, are the electoral collage for the Congress President's election, which is held in Delhi as also in state headquarters.
63-year-old Gandhi has created a record of being the longest-serving party Congress President and completed over a decade since she took over the top post in April 1998.
She took over in the wake of the party's dismal showing in the 1998 Lok Sabha polls that saw the exit of Sitaram Kesri from the post.
She has so far been unanimously elected to the post barring once when Jitendra Prasada, a senior leader from Uttar Pradesh, had thrown his hat in the ring but failed miserably in the polls in 2000.
The election for the party chief's post is expected to witness Gandhi's fourth term for the top office of the party, which is completing 125 years of its inception.
This was because no other contender is expected to be in the field. Gandhi's re-election is expected to become known on September 2 itself, which is the last date for filing nominations.
Out of the 28 CWC members and incharges of states and departments, 26 were present in the meeting.
