The outgoing Congress Steering Committee will meet on February 24 in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur to decide whether or not there should be elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party sources said on Tuesday.
According to the Congress Constitution, “The Working Committee shall consist of the President of the Congress, the Leader of the Congress Party in Parliament and 23 other members of whom 12 members will be elected by the AICC, as per rules prescribed by the Working Committee and the rest shall be appointed by the President.”
While the convention has been to authorise the Congress president to nominate the members to the party’s apex body, there have been calls from a powerful section of the party to have elections for the CWC.
The source cited above said that the Steering Committee which is presently working in place of the CWC would meet on February 24 morning after which the party’s Subjects Committee will meet to decide on the topics to be taken up during the party’s 85th plenary session.
The plenary session is being held to ratify Mallikarjun Kharge’s election as Congress president. Top leaders would meet in Raipur to also brainstorm the party’s strategy before the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
