Gujarat Congress demands Rahul Gandhi be made party national president

Doshi added that the demand was presented by Gujarat party incharge Raghu Sharma and was supported by all the members present.

“A demand was made to make Rahul Gandhi, who is the future of India and voice of the youth, the national president of the Indian National Congress,” the party stated in an official release.

Among other things, the release stated that a resolution was passed unanimously to authorise party president Sonia Gandhi to form the Gujarat unit of the party. A proposal in this regard was moved by the Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly and senior Congress leader, Sukhram Rathva, and was supported by leaders such as Bharatsinh Solanki, Arjun Modhwadia and Sidhharth Patel.

The state executive also took decisions on preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections centering around issues like inflation, unemployment, lackluster administration, corruption, and various agitations.

The meeting was also attended by senior Congress leaders like Rajya Sabha members Shaktisinh Gohil and Amee Yajnik along with Pradesh Returning Officers for the organisational elections of the party Shobha Oza and Shakir Sadani.