Rahul gets 6 months to decide if he wants to be Cong prez

March 27, 2017 16:14

The Election Commission has extended till December 31 the June 30 deadline set for the Congress to hold organisational polls. The EC has allowed the Congress' plea of granting six more months to it to complete the process of organisational polls.

"There will, however, be no further extension beyond December 2017," the EC has told the Congress. The EC had given an ultimatum to the Congress to complete the organisational polls by June 30. This means the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the Congress President would come through by the year-end.

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