The Congress Steering Committee unanimously decided on Friday not to hold the CWC polls and authorised party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to nominate its members, at a key meeting that was skipped by the members of the Gandhi family.
The party also proposed an amendment to its constitution to include the former Congress prime ministers and former AICC chiefs as permanent members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), a move that would ensure the automatic inclusion of Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the party’s highest decision-making body.
The inclusion of the leaders of the Congress in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha in the CWC has also been proposed. The number of members of the CWC will rise from the current 25 once these amendments are approved.
