In a resolution passed unanimously, the Uttarakhand Congress has requested Congress national president Rahul Gandhi to take back his decision to leave the post of party president. On Wednesday senior leaders of Congress party like former chief minister and general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC), Harish Rawat, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh, former PCC president Kishore Upadhyay and former speaker of Uttarakhand assembly Govind Singh Kunjwal remained huddled up at Rajiv Bhawan, the headquarters of state Congress for about two hours.
The meeting of top party leaders of Uttarakhand held in the aftermath of the humiliating defeat of party in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections fuelled speculations. Later, the PCC president Pritam Singh told the media persons that the state unit of the party has passed a unanimous resolution in which the party President Rahul Gandhi has been requested to continue leading the party. He said the resolution was adopted by the state congress after consulting all the senior leaders of the party including the Leader of Opposition (LoP) and other leaders who were not in Dehradun. Singh added that all congressmen are solidly behind party president Rahul Gandhi.
The AICC general secretary, Harish Rawat said that the country, congress party and the opposition wants that Rahul Gandhi should continue to provide his leadership to Congress party in this challenging time. He said that Rahul Gandhi worked very hard to prepare the narrative of opposition and Congress party in this Lok Sabha election. “ This narrative included unemployment, economic condition of the country, internal security issues, rural India, women empowerment and other important issues facing the country.
The meeting was also attended by Vice President of state congress Surya Kant Dhasmana, former MLA Vijay Pal Sajwan, Vikram Singh Negi, Mahanagar president Lal Chand Sharma and others.