Hold fresh polls for all key posts in Congress: Shashi Tharoor

NEW DELHI: Asserting that "lack of clarity" over leadership following Rahul Gandhi's resignation is hurting Congress, senior leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the way forward for the party could be opening up all key posts, including the Congress Working Committee (CWC) membership, to fresh elections which would help legitimise the incoming set of leaders.
He also backed Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's assessment that a young leader would be more suitable to lead Congress at this juncture. Tharoor said he hopes that party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will throw her hat in the ring when the call for elections for the party chief 's post is made, but added it was up to the Gandhi family to decide on whether she will contest.
Tharoor said there is no clear answer to the current "predicament that we in the Congress are facing".
"One way forward could be for the CWC to name an interim working president and then ideally dissolve itself, following which the main leadership positions should be opened up to fresh elections," he said.
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1. ^{^} Rahul Gandhi's resignation (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} Shashi Tharoor (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. ^{^} Congress (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
4. ^{^} CWC (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
5. ^{^} Amarinder Singh (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
6. ^{^} Priyanka Gandhi (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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