Party workers want Rahul Gandhi to be Congress president: D K Shivakumar

Forward of the working committee assembly, clamour appears to be rising for Rahul Gandhi to take over as Congress president, as its Karnataka unit chief D Ok Shivakumar on Tuesday stated it’s the unanimous voice of the get together staff from throughout the nation. “Entire nation, Congress staff, need Rahul Gandhi to take up the accountability. We’ve been placing strain on him since he resigned. The unanimous voice of the Congress staff from throughout the nation is Rahul Gandhi (ought to take up the mantle of the get together),” Shivakumar stated.

Chatting with reporters, he stated “Rahul Gandhi is discharging 90 per cent of the duties even now, we wish him to take up the accountability.”

“There’s a Congress Working Committee assembly on October 16….let’s examine,” he stated.

One other senior get together chief and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah too on Monday had expressed his want that Rahul Gandhi take cost because the get together president.

On stories concerning the get together’s management providing a nationwide position for Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar stated it’s for the management to resolve and no such dialogue has occurred with the state unit.

“It’s for the get together and the legislature get together chief (Siddaramaiah), I do not need to intrude in it, these are mere speculations now, it has not been mentioned with us,” he stated.

There have been speculations that AICC president Sonia Gandhi had just lately supplied a nationwide position within the get together for Siddaramaiah, which he’s stated to have refused.

Rejecting such stories, Siddaramaiah, nevertheless, clarified that no such position was supplied to him.

The KPCC president additionally claimed that a number of individuals are eager on becoming a member of the Congress, and have been holding talks with different leaders and native leaders.

Stating that he was gathering data on coal and energy scarcity in Karnataka, the previous state energy minister, in response to a query, stated “throughout our (Congress) rule, we had extra energy and we have been promoting it to others….”