AGARTALA, June 8 (TIWN): Former Congress president, Daughter-in-law of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and widow of assassinated Prime Minister Rajib Gandhi has been selected unanimously as the President of Congress party after the 2024-Election result. The decision was made at a meeting of party MPs, where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge proposed Gandhi’s name and Gaurav Gogoi, K Sudhakaran and Tariq Anwar seconded the proposal. Addressing the newly elected MPs in the Central Hall of Parliament, she said far from taking responsibility for the failure, the prime minister intends to get himself sworn in again on Sunday. Sonia Gandhi recounted the challenges the party faced during the Lok Sabha elections, including the freezing of bank accounts by the Income Tax department.

“(Congress) was up against a mighty and malevolent machine that was doing its utmost to destroy us. It tried to cripple us financially. It carried out a campaign against us and our leaders that was full of lies and defamation,” she said.