"Willing to work as party desires," Rahul Gandhi in crucial Congress meet at Sonia Gandhi's residence
Rahul Gandhi, 50 quit as Congress president after the party's defeat in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Sonia Gandhi took over as interim chief after that.
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at a party briefing. (Image: Reuters)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on December 19 that he was “willing to work as the party desires” in response to the clamour for his return as party chief during the meeting attended by leaders including the dissenting letter-writers.
The meeting held at party chief Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence lasted nearly five hours and was attended by leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, party general secretary Ajay Maken, Congress general secretary in-charge of Punjab, Harish Rawat apart from many from the letter-writing group.