Sonia Gandhi to choose new party leader for Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Congress Legislative Party leaders have passed a resolution to let party president Sonia Gandhi choose a leader for the party in the state after the sudden demise of the Leader of the Opposition Indira Hridyesh.

New Delhi:Days after the sudden demise of veteran Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Uttarakhand Assembly Indira Hridayesh, the state party leaders have decided to let Congress president Sonia Gandhi choose a replacement. The Uttarakhand Congress Legislative Party (CLP) held a meeting in New Delhi in this regard on Monday.

"The state leaders passed a resolution during the meeting that Sonia Gandhi will zero in on the name for the post," a Congress leader told ETV Bharat. Later, Uttarakhand Congress in-charge Devendra Yadav tweeted, "Held a meeting of INC Uttarakhand Legislative Party to decide the new CLP leader for the State after the sudden demise of Indira Hridyesh. It was unanimously decided to request Honourable INC India President Sonia Gandhi to decide the same (sic)."

Uttarakhand Congress in charge, co-in charge and 10 MLAs took part in the meeting. Assembly polls are due in the state early next year. The BJP assumed power after winning 57 seats in the 2017 Assembly polls while the Congress won 11 seats in the 70 member Assembly.