Rahul Gandhi

During his speech, Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "The people of Jammu and Kashmir will decide the party's name and flag. I'll give my party a Hindustani name that everyone will recognise." Adding that he will always support the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are already abroad and visited her hometown.

The two Congress leader have told the Supreme Court that no allegations under Section 153B (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) can be made against them and that they were selectively picked up, giving way a larger conspiracy behind the exercise.

Shashi Tharoor suggested adopting the United Kingdom model where the recent leadership race in the British Conservative Party has sparked global interest. A similar race in 2019 had seen Boris Johnson emerge on top among a dozen candidates who were contesting to replace Theresa May.

Three days after resigning from Congress, Azad launched a new attack, claiming that the party requires medicines that are provided by compounders rather than doctors. He also accused the Congress leadership of not having time to fix the organisation.

The CWC meeting came days after the resignations of party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad and young leader Jaiveer Shergill. In his resignation letter, Azad lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for "demolishing the party's entire consultative mechanism".

The meeting comes after the shock resignation of party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday and his letter to party president Sonia Gandhi in which he lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for "demolishing the party's entire consultative mechanism".

According to the Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition, anyone aspiring to lead the party should be well-known throughout the country and have support from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and West Bengal to Gujarat.

A joint letter in this regard was issued by the leaders, including GM Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad Wani and Choudhari Mohd Akram. Senior Congress leader and former cabinet minister RS Chib also resigned from the party's primary membership.

Even thoughCongress leaders Ajay Makan and Jairam Ramesh termed Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation as most-unfortunate and regrettable, the two leaders refused to take questions on the points raised by the senior leader in his resignation letter against the AICC and Rahul Gandhi.