New Delhi, 3 October(Wishav Warta): Congress Party setting the stage for elevating Rahul Gandhi to the post of Congress president, the party’s Central Election Authority (CEA) has decided to open the process of filing of nomination papers for the Congress president’s post tentatively from October 10, according to sources.
As per the tentative schedule the CEA has firmed up for placing before the Congress leadership, led by Sonia gandhi, for clearance, the process of electing the new Congress President filing of nominations, scrutiny, withdrawal if any, voting if necessary, and declaration of result will have to be completed by October 25 in the event of more than one candidate entering the fray.
If only one candidate’s name is proposed by the newly-constituted Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) members, the formal election of that candidate will be announced as soon as the time for withdrawal gets over, which will be much before October 25.
As per the plan, PCC members who form the electoral college, will be asked to file their sets of nominations for the post of party chief either at the state capitals or at the AICC office from October 10. Traditionally, 3-5 days are given for PCC members to file multiple sets of nominations.
