Poonawalla calls Congress president election ‘fake, Mughal-style coronation’

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla on September 19 took a jibe at Congress over its upcoming presidential election saying that the entire process is ‘fake’, ‘fabricated’ and ‘Mughal-style coronation’.

"Many of the Congress leaders have said that the party's election is a sham. It is not free and fair, but fake and fabricated. 11 It is a Mughal-style coronation,” said Poonawalla, as quoted by ANI.

Alleging that there is "no internal democracy" in Congress, the BJP leader said that the party workers have "accepted" that there can be "no party president other than a Gandhi family member".

Meanwhile, state units of Congress demanded that Rahul Gandhi must reclaim the party chief position. The states include - Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Bihar, and Tamil Nadu.

Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the Congress president position after the defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Since then, Sonia Gandhi has been the interim president of the grand old party.

Poonawalla also took a jibe at senior party leader P Chidambaram's remark in which he stated that whoever becomes the President of Congress, Rahul Gandhi's place in the party "will always remain pre-eminent", and said that Rahul Gandhi will be like a "remote control" for the party president.

Congress said that the election for its president will be held on October 17, and the result will be declared on October 19.