The 'opportune time' for announcing PM candidate on Jan 17
December 16, 2013  12:24
image
The AICC meeting in Delhi on January 17 has been called at a time when the Congress is facing an uphill task with the emergence of Narendra Modi and UPA appears to be shrinking.  The AICC meeting was due since the last meeting was held in Jaipur in January this year along with the 'Chintan Shivir' which saw the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the party Vice President.

After the defeat in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Asssembly polls, party chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had said there would be deep introspection into the reverses.

The Congress Vice President had suggested that the party would effect changes beyond imagination.

The announcement about the AICC meeting came a day after DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who had parted ways with Congress- led UPA just a few months back, declared that it would not align with Congress in the Lok Sabha polls.

He accused Congress of being "ungrateful".

The announcement signalled an end to the decade-old relationship between the two parties.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, which was the second largest constituent of UPA, left the alliance last year on FDI in retail issue.

At a time when the talk is that the next Lok Sabha polls will be a Rahul Gandhi vs Narendra Modi affair, Sonia Gandhi has said that the party would announce at an opportune time, its Prime Ministerial candidate.
« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES