POLITICAL SCOOP: Congress faction wants Capt. Amarinder Singh as Congress chief amid Rahul Gandhi resignation drama at CWC meeting

In a big scoop amid tumult within Congress party following devastating defeat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections wherein party mand to win just 52 seats across country and suffered a number of specific humblings, such as losing heavily in states in which it h only formed state governments and Rahul Gandhi personally losing in Amethi, Republic TV has learnt that re is a faction within Congress that wants a change of guard at top. 

Even as word from Congress Working Committee meeting that is ongoing on Saturday continues to be that Rahul Gandhi offered to resign but or senior leers including Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh attempted to convince him against it, sources have told Republic TV that re is an internal clamour for somoene else to take over, with top names being reigning Congress Chief Ministers such as Captain Amarinder Singh, Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath. 

However, Mhya Presh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is t attending CWC meeting allegedly on account of troubles being faced by his government following BJP winning 28 out of 29 seats in state. Similarly, Ashok Gehlot faces a challenge as Congress lost each one of 25 seats in state.

In light of this, one of few viable names that remain is that of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh under whose leership Congress has seen two back-to-back successes in state - 2017 state assembly elections, and w, Lok Sabha polls in state which saw Congress withstanding Modi Wave and winning eight seats out of a total of 13. BJP-Akali Dal combine won just four seats in all while Aam Ami Party won just one.

As things stand, Rahul Gandhi is clinging on to post of party president. This has drawn criticism from BJP which has said tht Congress is w functioning as more than a regional party:

"This is like any or regional party, controlled by a family, and that is likely to stay way it is," said GVL Narasimha Rao while speaking to Republic TV.

CWC meeting is being attended by a number of top Congress leers. Apart from Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Priyanka Gandhi Vra, Captain Amarinder Singh, P Chidambaram, AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Az, Ashok Gehlot, Sheila Dikshit, KC Venugopal, Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge and ors.

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