New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday led the party's election committee meeting here to decide on candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. However, in the meeting, the absence of former party president Rahul Gandhi was more noticed. In response to a question, Rahul Gandhi's office said that he did not attend the meeting because Rahul is not a member of the election committee.
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Even before this, Rahul Gandhi was not present in many meetings of the party. He did not attend the September 12 meeting, which was chaired by Sonia Gandhi. Many decisions were taken in the meeting and the economic situation of the country was discussed. The meeting was for party general secretaries, state in-charges, state unit presidents, Congress Legislature Party leaders, but it was attended by former PM Manmohan Singh and senior party leader AK Antony.
When Rahul Gandhi was questioned, party leader R.P.N. Singh said that the meeting was only for party general secretaries and state in-charges. To curb speculation, the party released a list of activities of Rahul Gandhi, who is a member of the Congress Executive Committee (CWC). He was present at the CWC meeting of August 10 and was also present at the CWC meeting held to discuss the removal of Section 370.
