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{{short description|Executive committee of the Indian National Congress}} | {{short description|Executive committee of the Indian National Congress (INC)}} | ||
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|MP & Ex Leader of Opposition Loksabha | |MP & Ex Leader of Opposition Loksabha | ||
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'''Members'''<ref>https://www.inc.in | '''Members'''<ref>https://www.inc.in/congress-working-committee/members</ref> | ||
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|[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]] | |[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]] | ||
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*Former [[Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] | |||
*Former [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]], [[Rajya Sabha]] | |||
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|[[Ambika Soni]] | |[[Ambika Soni]] | ||
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|Former Member of Parliament | |Former Member of Parliament | ||
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|[[Lal Thanhawla|Dr Lal Thanhawla]] | |||
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|Former [[List of chief ministers of Mizoram|Chief Minister of Mizoram]] | |||
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|[[Shaktisinh Gohil]] | |[[Shaktisinh Gohil]] | ||
|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha| MP]] | |[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha| MP]] | ||
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|[[A. Chellakumar]] | |[[A. Chellakumar]] | ||
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|[[Ajoy Kumar]] | |||
|Ex MP | |||
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|[[H. K. Patil]] | |[[H. K. Patil]] | ||
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|[[G. Sanjeeva Reddy]] | |[[G. Sanjeeva Reddy]] | ||
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==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
The Congress has not held internal elections to CWC for nearly 20 years and last elections were held in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|archive-date= 12 August 2019|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nobody-but-rahul-says-congress-leader-whose-father-ran-vs-sonia-gandhi-1759057|url-status= live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812004128/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nobody-but-rahul-says-congress-leader-whose-father-ran-vs-sonia-gandhi-1759057|title=Nobody But Rahul, Says Congress Leader Whose Father Ran vs Sonia Gandhi|access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> In 2017 Election Commission ordered it to hold internal elections<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission Tells Congress to Hold Internal Elections by June 30 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/election-commission-tells-congress-to-hold-internal-elections-by-june-30-1342854.html|access-date =23 August 2020}}</ref> but as of 2020 no elections were held.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/ec-can-freeze-congress-symbol-initiate-action-party-remains-leaderless |title= EC can freeze Congress symbol or initiate action if party remains leaderless|author =Pankaj Vohra|date=August 8, 2020|access-date =23 August 2020}}</ref> When Congress was trying to forge an alliance with ideologically opposite [[Shiv Sena]] in Maharashtra in 2019, Congress leader [[Sanjay Nirupam]] publicly urged Sonia Gandhi to dissolve the CWC, saying "they cannot be trusted anymore."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200206174034/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-defamed-rahul-gandhi-should-return-to-lead-sanjay-nirupam-after-maharashtra-twist-2137334</ref> | The Congress has not held internal elections to CWC for nearly 20 years and last elections were held in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|archive-date= 12 August 2019|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nobody-but-rahul-says-congress-leader-whose-father-ran-vs-sonia-gandhi-1759057|url-status= live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812004128/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nobody-but-rahul-says-congress-leader-whose-father-ran-vs-sonia-gandhi-1759057|title=Nobody But Rahul, Says Congress Leader Whose Father Ran vs Sonia Gandhi|access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> In 2017 Election Commission ordered it to hold internal elections<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Commission Tells Congress to Hold Internal Elections by June 30 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/election-commission-tells-congress-to-hold-internal-elections-by-june-30-1342854.html|access-date =23 August 2020}}</ref> but as of 2020 no elections were held.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/ec-can-freeze-congress-symbol-initiate-action-party-remains-leaderless |title= EC can freeze Congress symbol or initiate action if party remains leaderless|author =Pankaj Vohra|date=August 8, 2020|access-date =23 August 2020}}</ref> When Congress was trying to forge an alliance with ideologically opposite [[Shiv Sena]] in Maharashtra in 2019, Congress leader [[Sanjay Nirupam]] publicly urged Sonia Gandhi to dissolve the CWC, saying "they cannot be trusted anymore."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-defamed-rahul-gandhi-should-return-to-lead-sanjay-nirupam-after-maharashtra-twist-2137334|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200206174034/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-defamed-rahul-gandhi-should-return-to-lead-sanjay-nirupam-after-maharashtra-twist-2137334|archive-date = 6 February 2020|title = Congress "Defamed", Rahul Gandhi Should Return to Lead: Sanjay Nirupam After Maharashtra Twist}}</ref> | ||
<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200226123542/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/old-grudge-unfulfilled-demands-why-rahul-gandhi-remained-absent-from-congresss-meet-on-delhi-riots-2516309.html</ref> A paper by [[Observer Research Foundation]] calls a large number of CWC members "unprincipled, opportunists and self-serving individuals for whom self-interest is paramount."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200314154627/https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/congress-moving-towards-extinction-54571/</ref> | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/old-grudge-unfulfilled-demands-why-rahul-gandhi-remained-absent-from-congresss-meet-on-delhi-riots-2516309.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200226123542/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/old-grudge-unfulfilled-demands-why-rahul-gandhi-remained-absent-from-congresss-meet-on-delhi-riots-2516309.html|archive-date = 26 February 2020|title = Old Grudge, Unfulfilled Demand: Why Rahul Gandhi Remained Absent from Cong's Meet on Delhi Riots|date = 26 February 2020}}</ref> A paper by [[Observer Research Foundation]] calls a large number of CWC members "unprincipled, opportunists and self-serving individuals for whom self-interest is paramount."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/congress-moving-towards-extinction-54571/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314154627/https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/congress-moving-towards-extinction-54571/|archive-date=14 March 2020|title=Congress moving towards extinction?}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||