The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting gathering top Congress leadership is underway in Delhi. Current political situation, including the Lakhimpur violence, and a decision on the organisational elections is likely at the meeting of the party’s working committee. The meeting of the Congress’ top decision-making body had been convened after demands from some quarters within the party to discuss important issues, including some defections in the recent past.The party leadership is also likely to decide on the schedule for electing the new Congress chief.Earlier, in a CWC meet on January 22, the party had decided the Congress would have an elected president by June 2021, but the same was deferred at the May 10 CWC meet in the wake of the COVID-19 situation.CWC meet today: Top agendaThe meeting comes amid rumblings within the Congress’ state units such as in Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan where the party is in power. Organisational elections, forthcoming assembly polls and the current political situation, including the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, will be on top of the agenda as the top Congress brass gathers for a meeting of the party’s working committee.During the meeting, the party leadership is also likely to decide on the schedule for electing the new Congress chief.Today’s meet is being held in the wake of the Lakhimpur Kheri clash on October 3 in which eight people lost their lives, including four farmers who were allegedly run over by an SUV belonging to the convoy of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra. The meeting is likely to discuss key issues such as price rise, farmers’ protests and the economic situation of the country.The CWC meeting will also discuss certain dissenting notes rising within the party over the spate of defections and the party’s poor electoral fortunes.
