Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has said that the party would quickly start the process to elect a new president and that 99.9% of the members wanted Rahul Gandhi to be chosen. The party will soon start the procedure to elect a new party president,” he said at a press conference. “Electoral college of Congress, AICC members, Congress workers and members will choose who is best suited. “99.9% of people including me want Rahul Gandhi to be elected as party president.”

Over the next 10 days, Sonia Gandhi will hold meetings with senior party leaders as part of the process, beginning today said Randeep Surjewala.

Rahul Gandhi, who took over as Congress president from Sonia Gandhi in 2017, gave up last year after the party's national election debacle, its second since it lost power in 2014. Rahul Gandhi's resignation played out in dramatic scenes at the Congress as leader after leader tried to persuade the 50-year-old to change his mind but failed. After weeks of limbo, Sonia Gandhi, who headed the Congress for 19 years, agreed to return as interim chief. Sources say Rahul Gandhi has all but ruled out his return as Congress president.

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