The meeting of CWC, the Congress' highest decision-making body, took place amid a fresh upheaval in the party due to the shock resignation of veteran letter Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Ahead of a key internal meeting of the Congress today, senior party leader Vivek Tankha known to be one of the G-23 leaders tweeted an appeal to "rebuild the idea of India again".
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of the party s Parliamentary strategy group at 10.30 am at 10 Janpath on Sunday. The meeting is likely to deliberate on the strategy of the party in two Houses of Parliament.
The CWC met to finalise the schedule for a membership drive which will include choosing a new party chief to replace Sonia Gandhi as interim president.
Congress Hits Out at the Centre s Unpreparedness Amid COVID-19 Second Wave
The Congress Working Committee, which met on Saturday, demanded that the Centre refrain from restricting the autonomy of states to take emergency measures as the second wave of pandemic sweeps across the country.
File photo of top Congress leaders at the CWC meet. Photo: PTI.
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New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Saturday amidst all-round criticism of the Centreâs alleged unpreparedness to contain what is now almost a tidal wave of fresh Covid-19 cases. The grand-old party hit out at the Narendra Modi-led Centre for restricting the autonomy of the states at a time when they are required to take emergency measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus.Â