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Congress President election: Who will hold the fort after Sonia Gandhi?

As calls for publication of electoral rolls gain ground, it remains to be seen who enters the fray

Sonia Gandhi, Interim Congress President
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File Photo: Sonia Gandhi

Aditi Phadnis
In theory, the red-letter day in the Congress’s recent history will be October 17, when an election (if required) will be held to choose a new president of the party.

But there is another date that is even more crucial. Those who want to fight for the top job in the party have until October 8 to withdraw their names from the list of candidates.

All that remains to be seen is whether anyone of those left in the Group of 23 -- who wanted elections to all bodies in the Congress to be held prior to the election of the party