New Delhi: Top Congress leaders will meet at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquaters on Saturday, in what apprears to be a decisive meet with regards to the revival of Indian National Congress (INC), following its defeat in the general elections.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) which is expected to fill the post of party president, which has remained vacant since Rahul Gandhi announced his resignation in May.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at 11 am.
A day ahead of the all-important meet, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said even a "slightest delay" in choosing the party's chief is not an option.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has batted for a young leader to head the party, while Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora suggested the name of party leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot to take up the responsibility.
A few leaders like Shashi Tharoor have suggested that an interim president be appointed at the earliest.
Unequivocally ruling himself out of the race, Deora had recommended the names of Pilot and Scindia for the post of party president.
A lawmaker from Wayanad constituency, Gandhi had offered to step down from the post of Congress president at the CWC meeting on May 25, taking moral responsibility for the party's drubbing in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
However, his offer to resign was unanimously rejected by the CWC with several top leaders rallying behind him to continue to lead the party.
The Congress won 52 seats in the recent general elections, which is just eight more than its 2014 Lok Sabha results.