New Congress president will decide my role: Rahul Gandhi
Adoni (AP) (PTI): MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the president was the supreme authority in the Congress and whoever got elected to the post would decide on the way forward (for the party).
Responding to a query during his brief interaction with media during the Bharat Jodo Yatra here, Rahul Gandhi said the new president would decide on what my role and how I will be deployed .
Obviously , Rahul replied when asked if he would be reporting to the new president.
President is the supreme authority in the Congress and everyone reports to him. My role I am very clear Congress president will decide what my role is and how I will be deployed, he remarked.
At one point, Rahul said, “It is for Kharge to decide but later corrected himself to whoever gets elected, that gentleman will decide”. Rahul observed that Kharge and Tharoor are people with experience and understanding .”They do not need my advice”, he added.
Questioned about Shashi Tharoor's allegation of irregularities in the Congress president election in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul said the party had an institutional framework to deal with it.
We are the only party that has an election commission inside it with a TN Seshan-type of person. Mistry is an absolutely fair person. Our EC will take a decision on the irregularities, he said.
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2 Bengaluru men drown at Kundapur beach
Kundapur (Karnataka), Oct 26: Two persons from Bengaluru who travelled to Beejadi village near Kundapur for a wedding, drowned at a beach here on Saturday, police said.
The victims were among a group of four friends staying at a beachside resort, they said.
According to police, three of the group had ventured into the water to play, when a powerful wave struck, sweeping both Santhish and Ajay into the depths.
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On seeing his friends in danger, Mokshith attempted to rescue them. He managed to pull Santosh out of the water.
While Santhish died en route to the hospital, Ajay’s body was fished out later by emergency personnel, a senior police officer said.
