Rahul Gandhi again skips key CWC meet before Delhi polls amid Congress internal strife

Heralding new year's first Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, decided to skip meeting. Gandhi who is still a CWC member inspite of t holding any organisational posts was absent from key meeting which was chaired by party interim chief Sonia Gandhi and was attended by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, top party leaders P Chidambaram, Anand Sharma, A K Antony, K C Venugopal, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jyotiraditya Scindia were among those present. meeting was also called to give shape to Congress's strategy in wake of widespread student protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), which party has vocally opposed and supported student protests against it.

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CWC meet ahead of Delhi polls

meeting which was held at party's headquarters in New Delhi was focussed on discussing state of ecomy, growing tensions in country and to come out with a resolution highlighting its future strategies on se issues. This meet comes amid highly anticipated Delhi polls on February 8 where Congress is facing a tough challenge from incumbent AAP government and a resurgent BJP. party is currently going through internal strife after Congress awarded a ticket to 1984 riots convict Sajjan Kumar's aide- Jagdish Tytler - who is also accused in same case - in upcoming Delhi polls. Tytler also attended CWC meet.

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Rahul's absence from CWC meet

This is t first time that Rahul Gandhi was absent from a key CWC meet ahead of state polls. Previously in September, Gandhi skipped fisrts meeting after his mor took charge as interim-party president. meeting which was held to decide its strategy for various state elections after 2019 Lok Sabha drubbing was attended by top leaders like former PM Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, KC Venugopal, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia.

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Subsequently, Congress claimed that Rahul Gandhi was t invited to meeting as he does t 'fall in criteria of leaders called for meeting'. party reportedly claims that Singh was called to discuss ecomic issues and his presence was allegedly t mandatory. Since Congress accepted his resignation, Rahul Gandhi technically holds organizational post except for Congress Working Committee (CWC) member.

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