Congress’ 85th plenary session – What it aimed for

Congress’ 85th plenary session – What it aimed for

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The Congress’ 85th plenary session comes against the backdrop of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which the party has touted as a success. The Congress hopes to stitch an anti-BJP front for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Nava Raipur,UPDATED: Feb 24, 2023 15:13 IST

Congress plenary session: All you need to know

The Congress’ 85th plenary session in Raipur (Source: Congress/Twitter)

By India Today News Desk: The Congress’ 85th plenary session was held in Nava Raipur on Friday. The meeting of the party’s steering committee began under the presidency of Mallikarjun Kharge. The committee unanimously decided to authorise Kharge to nominate all members of the working committee, the party’s highest decision-making body.

Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh said the committee freely discussed the matter of CWC elections and almost all 45 members present at the meeting unanimously decided to authorise the Congress president to nominate members.

Several members expressed their views both in favour and against the polls to CWC, he told reporters. “We are fully confident that all AICC and PCC delegates will support this unanimous decision,” he said.

Ramesh also said that the plenary will also decide on bringing 16 amendments to 32 rules and regulations of the party’s constitution.

“All former prime ministers of the Congress party and former presidents will be given representation in the Working Committee,” he said, giving details of amendments to be brought about in the constitution of the party.

WHY WAS CONGRESS PLENARY SESSION HELD

The Congress’ 85th plenary session was held to decide whether there would be elections for the working committee. During the session, the party made key decisions that would lay out a clear roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and finalise the strategy for forging poll tie-ups with like-minded parties to take on the BJP.

The session comes against the backdrop of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which the party has touted as a success.

The session was held at a time when Congress faced unprecedented challenges electorally and even to its primacy in the opposition bloc.

While the Congress hopes to stitch an anti-BJP front for the 2024 polls, having said that it alone has the moral and the organisational power to lead it, clouds of disunity are hovering over it.

The Congress and the TMC have been publicly trading barbs for the last few days and some parties are staying away from the Congress, showing signs of disunity in the opposition ranks.

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Feb 24, 2023

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