Sonia Gandhi re-elected as chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party

Congress party on Saturday held a Parliamentary Party meeting at the Central Hall of the Parliament and unanimously re-elected former party President and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson. Her name was propsed by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, followed by party leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Tariq Anwar, K Sudhakaran.

The meeting was attended by several other party leaders including, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Shashi Tharoor, Ajay Maken, Karti Chidambaram, Punjab's former CM Charanjit Singh Channi, among others.

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Sonia Gandhi said that it is a renewed opportunity for them to establish parliamentary democracy in the country and bring parliamentary politics back on track. She added that PM Modi has lost the mandate he sought and thereby has lost the right to leadership as well. "Far from taking responsibility for failure, he intends to get himself sworn in again tomorrow", she added.

Speaking about Sonia Gandhi's re-election, Kharge said,  "It is good she (Sonia Gandhi) has been re-elected as CPP and she will keep guiding us." He added that she sacrified her happiness to serve the party.