By PTI
ADONI: MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the president was the ‘supreme authority’ in the Congress and whoever got elected to the post would decide on the way forward (for the party).
Responding to a query during his brief interaction with media during the Bharat Jodo Yatra here, Rahul Gandhi said the new president would decide on “what my role and how I will be deployed.”
“Obviously”, Rahul replied when asked if he would be reporting to the new president. “President is the supreme authority in the Congress and everyone reports to him. My role – I am very clear Congress president will decide what my role is and how I will be deployed,” he remarked.
At one point, Rahul said, “It is for Kharge to decide – but later corrected himself to – whoever gets elected, that gentleman will decide.”
#WATCH| “I can’t comment on Congress President’s role, that’s for Mr Kharge (party’s Presidential candidate) to comment on. The President will decide what my role is…”, says Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, in Andhra PradeshCounting of votes to decide the Congress President underway pic.twitter.com/eRoRBY7QfX
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022
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Rahul observed that “Kharge and Tharoor are people with experience and understanding. They do not need my advice,” he added.
Questioned about Shashi Tharoor’s allegation of irregularities in the Congress president election in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul said the party had an institutional framework to deal with it.
“We are the only party that has an election commission inside it with a TN Seshan-type of person. Mistry is an absolutely fair person. Our EC will take a decision on the irregularities,” he said.
ADONI: MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the president was the ‘supreme authority’ in the Congress and whoever got elected to the post would decide on the way forward (for the party).
Responding to a query during his brief interaction with media during the Bharat Jodo Yatra here, Rahul Gandhi said the new president would decide on “what my role and how I will be deployed.”
“Obviously”, Rahul replied when asked if he would be reporting to the new president. “President is the supreme authority in the Congress and everyone reports to him. My role – I am very clear Congress president will decide what my role is and how I will be deployed,” he remarked.
At one point, Rahul said, “It is for Kharge to decide – but later corrected himself to – whoever gets elected, that gentleman will decide.”
#WATCH| “I can’t comment on Congress President’s role, that’s for Mr Kharge (party’s Presidential candidate) to comment on. The President will decide what my role is…”, says Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, in Andhra Pradesh
Counting of votes to decide the Congress President underway pic.twitter.com/eRoRBY7QfX
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022
ALSO READ | Mallikarjun Kharge elected as Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in over two decades
Rahul observed that “Kharge and Tharoor are people with experience and understanding. They do not need my advice,” he added.
Questioned about Shashi Tharoor’s allegation of irregularities in the Congress president election in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul said the party had an institutional framework to deal with it.
“We are the only party that has an election commission inside it with a TN Seshan-type of person. Mistry is an absolutely fair person. Our EC will take a decision on the irregularities,” he said.
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