With decks cleared for the Gandhi scion to take over the reins of Congress, incumbent vice-president Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination for the party presidential election today at 11 am.
Today is the last date for filing candidacy for the Congress party’s president post, whereas scrutiny of papers would be done on Tuesday, December 5.
Names of candidates (if any apart from Rahul Gandhi) will be announced on Tuesday itself. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is December 11.
In case of no contest, Rahul Gandhi will be elected as the Congress president unopposed on December 11.
But, if nomination/s is filed, then the polling will take place on December 16 and the results will be announced on December 19.
ALL FOR RAHUL GANDHI
Rahul Gandhi is likely to emerge as the lone candidate in the fray as up till now no one else has filed papers for the Congress’ top post.
“So far 90 nomination forms have been given out to state unit delegates. No application for the nomination has been submitted so far,” Chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority Mullapally Ramachandran said.
As many as six chief ministers – Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah, Himachal Pradesh’s Virbhadra Singh, Puducherry’s V. Narayanasamy, Meghalaya’s Mukul Sangma and Mizoram’s Lal Thanhawla – are expected to be present today when over 90 sets of nomination papers are likely to be filed by various leaders to extend support to Rahul Gandhi.
In addition, incumbent Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be the first proposed for the candidature of her 47-year-old son.
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Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition- Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and senior Congress leader and MP AK Antony are key proposers.
Rahul Gandhi leaves for Rajghat.
Rahul likely to visit Shiva temple before filing nomination.
Janeu sporting Hindu brahmins will accompany Rahul to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is expected to reach 10 Janpath at 10.30 AM to meet incumbent party president Sonia Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi in all likelihood will succeed his mother Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving Congress chief who has helped the party since 1998.
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