According to reports, Congress's interim chief #SoniaGandhi is expected to step down from the position ahead of the CWC meeting on Monday. This comes after a letter of dissent, dated Aug 7 & signed by more than 20 leaders seeking "full time, visible leadership" became public.
"Sonia Gandhi should continue as long as she wants; Rahul Gandhi should take over after her as he is fully competent," Punjab CM @capt_amarinder opined along with a section of top leaders, like @bhupeshbaghel and @ashokgehlot51 who said she must continue as the party chief.
As per sources, a stormy #CWC session expected with the party currently being divided into those who will ask for Sonia Gandhi to stay on & those who want the overhaul of structures & resolution of "collective leadership".
Among the various voices that have emerged within the party, the Delhi Congress, after an "emergency" meeting has demanded Rahul Gandhi's ascension as the party's national president without further delay, a statement issued said.
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#HathrasGangrape: Police forcibly cremate victim's body at 2:30 am, family allege to have been kept out of the cremation & weren't allowed to bring the body home. @BDUTT
"We were locked in, weren't allowed for cremation rites," says #Hathras victim's father.
#JustIn: Members of Valmiki Samaj pelted stones at the police and broke the police car in protest, demanding "justice" for the #Hathras gang rape victim.
#MonsoonSession of the Parliament begins today with #COVID19 protocols in mind. The session will run from Sept 14-Oct 1, 2020 in a total of 18 sittings. The Parliament has 46 Bills pending currently.
DMK Presidents MK Stalin (@mkstalin) says 2 days not enough to discuss issues regarding #NEET exams, National Education Policy 2020 as many students died by suicide due to exam issues. "I had also urged the Govt. to pass a resolution for it but my appeal was rejected," he added.
#MonsoonSession: The Parliament adopts motion to withdraw the Banking Regulation Bill Amendment, 2020 after motion was moved by #FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman ).
External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar met with Chinese counterpart H.E. Wang Yi in Moscow and discussed #IndiaChinaBorder tensions. Ministers agreed that both parties should continue dialogue, abide by all existing protocols and maintain peace in border areas.
"The recently released quarterly GDP growth numbers for FY2020-21 should alarm us all. Need to be frightened out of complacency. India needs strong growth": former RBI chief, Raghuram Rajan said in a social media post about the economy.
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan talks about the "alarming" GDP and India's economic growth.
Cabinet approves #MissionKarmayogi, a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building to lay the foundation for capacity building for civil servants so they remain entrenched in Indian culture while they learn from best practices across the world: Govt of India
#MissionKarmayogi Institutional framework:
-PM's Public Human Resources Council
-Capacity Building Commission
-Special Purpose Vehicle for owning & operating the digital assets & the technological platform for online training
-Coordination Unit headed by the Cabinet Secretary
#MissionKarmayogi features:
-Support transition from 'rules based' to 'roles based' HR management
-To emphasize on 'on-site learning'
-To create an ecosystem of shared training
-To calibrate Civil Service positions to a Framework of Roles, Activities & Competencies (FRACs) method