The Congress will hold its 85th plenary session in Chhattisgarh’s capital on Friday, a day after Pawan Khera was arrested on his way to Raipur and granted bail in connection with a FIR over alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During this meeting of the party’s steering committee, the crucial decision on holding CWC elections will be made.
The following are the top takeaways from Congress’s 85th regular session:
- During the three-day session, key decisions that will set the Congress on a clear path towards the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are expected to be made.
- To counter the BJP, a plan to form electoral alliances with like-minded parties is nearing completion.
- At the upcoming plenary session on April 3, the Congress leadership will primarily support Mallikarjun Kharge’s presidency and pave the way for the new working committee led by him. Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka Gandhi are unlikely to attend the meeting on Friday.
- The session, which is being held against the backdrop of the party’s self-proclaimed successful Bharat Jodo Yatra, is expected to draw approximately 15,000 delegates.
- The steering committee will meet at 10 a.m. on the first day of the three-day session to decide whether or not elections for the top decision-making body will be held (the old one was dissolved until a new CWC is formed).
- The Congress party’s communications chief, Jairam Ramesh, stated that the steering committee will decide whether or not elections for CWC seats will be held.
- The steering committee will meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 7th, followed by a meeting of the subjects committee at 4 p.m. to discuss six resolutions.
- On February 26, the president of Congress will deliver a speech at 2:00 p.m., followed by a public meeting at 4:00 p.m.
- Assam Police detained Congress leader Pawan Khera on Thursday, capping a day of high drama that began with his deplaning from a flight to Raipur and his party leaders protesting on the tarmac. 9. The plenary session took place the day after Khera was arrested.
- Following Supreme Court instructions, a Delhi court granted Khera interim bail until February 28 after he made headlines earlier this week for apparently forgetting the prime minister’s father’s name during a press conference.
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