Congress has organized Nav Sankalp Shivir to strengthen the organization and prepare a blueprint for the future strategy, but the leadership issue prevailed in the camp. During this, many leaders demanded to make Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also the president.
During the discussion in the Political Affairs Committee, party leader and religious leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam vociferously demanded Priyanka Gandhi to be made the president. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were present in the meeting when Pramod Krishnam made this demand.
According to sources, Krishnam said that since two years, efforts are being made to persuade Rahul Gandhi. If she is not ready to be the president, then Priyanka Gandhi should be made the president. The convener of the committee, Mallikarjun Kharge, tried to stop him, but he remained silent after speaking his mind. Several other leaders also demanded an increase in the role of Priyanka Gandhi in the party.
Deepender Hooda said that he should be brought to the national level. They should not be confined to UP. Bihar Congress leader Ranjit Ranjan also agreed that Priyanka Gandhi should not be confined to just one state. However, for Nav Sankalp Shivir, only Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have put up posters of former Congress presidents in Udaipur. There is no poster of Priyanka Gandhi.
