Rahul Gandhi continues to be the “unquestioned choice” of all workers and leaders for the post of party president, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said here on Wednesday.
He was responding to a question on the subject against the backdrop of the organisational elections under way in the Congress right now.
Asked if the party would welcome a situation in which a worker or a leader chooses to contest the top organisational post, Mr. Surjewala said Mr. Gandhi is “democratic enough” and the party “resilient enough” to welcome any of its workers or leaders who wish to contest any post, including that of the president. In this context, he cited examples of similar contests.
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Asked whether Mr. Gandhi would be anointed president by the end-October, Mr. Surjewala said the question would be answered when the organisational polls conclude.
‘Address unemployment’
Meanwhile, Mr. Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment and asked him to address the issue instead of “wasting time” of the countrymen.
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On a visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi, he said Mr. Modi should say if he was unable to address the problems like unemployment.
“Farmers and youth are the two main issues concerning India and if Modiji cannot address these, he should say so and the Congress will come and do it in six months,” Mr. Gandhi said at a ‘chaupal’ (village gathering).
(With PTI inputs)