The ball is in Rahul Gandhis court for 2024 polls

May 30, 2023 16:15

As Karnataka Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar were flying to Delhi for negotiations over who gets to be chief minister, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were already in Shimla. Rahul Gandhi was in Delhi.

The negotiations were held with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Rahul Gandhi, and Gandhi's powerful aide KC Venugopal, who is Congress general secretary (organisation).

Rahul Gandhi may not have any post in the party, and is no longer even a member of parliament, but the symbolism of his mother and sister not being in Delhi at a critical time makes it clear who the boss is. Read more here.

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