The first meeting of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) is all to take place Saturday. The party’s top decision-making body under Mallikarjun Kharge‘s presidency will hold the meeting in Hyderabad.
According to the sources, the party’s top leaders will deliberate on evolving a strategy for upcoming assembly polls in five states in the CWC which is scheduled for today.
While talking to media persons, Kharge said that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi will also be present in the meeting. Reportedly, they have left from Delhi to attend the meeting.
#WATCH | Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi leave for Hyderabad to attend the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, from Delhi airport. pic.twitter.com/hgSb9LTn4R
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2023
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge while talking to media persons said, “This is the first CWC meeting after I took charge as the party president. An extended working committee meeting will also take place tomorrow where discussions related to the party will be done. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and all senior leaders will be present in the meeting and have discussions regarding the upcoming elections in 5 states and plan accordingly. Discussions on the alliance (INDIA) will be done in the next meeting with our partners of the alliance.”
#WATCH | Delhi: Ahead of the CWC meeting in Hyderabad, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge says "This is the first CWC meeting after I took charge as the party president. An extended working committee meeting will also take place tomorrow where discussions related to the party… pic.twitter.com/8yOgQHS2bA
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2023
Meanwhile, Hyderabad is all decked up to welcome the Congress leaders with posters and banners all over.
#WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana: Posters and banners welcoming senior Congress leaders including Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Party president Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Rahul Gandhi, and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra seen in Hyderabad ahead of the… pic.twitter.com/o5JPJaTPt9
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2023
On Friday, while briefing media persons in Rangareddy, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said that CWC will hold meetings over the next two days to strategise against the BJP. Venugopal said, “… we will hold the first CWC (Congress Working Committee meeting) in Hyderabad in which the preparations for the upcoming elections will be discussed. We have invited 90 people, out of which 84 people will attend.”
Congress President Shri @Kharge will convene the first meeting of the newly constituted Working Committee in Hyderabad tomorrow. CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji, former Congress President Shri @RahulGandhi, all other CWC members, including permanent and special invitees, and… pic.twitter.com/jqgKmMAEeV
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 15, 2023
“We invited 159 people and 149 people will attend the extended CWC meeting on September 17. We will organise a ‘Vijayaberi public meeting ‘ on the same day. On September 18, our leaders apart from MPs will go to all Assembly constituencies,” he said.
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