No Sonia, Rahul holds Cong Parliamentary Party meet for 1st time

December 02, 2016 10:05

Rahul Gandhi chairing the Congress Parliamentary Party meet for the 1st time. Congress president Sonia Gandhi is not present at the meet. Sonia was discharged after a two-day hospitalisation this week for viral fever. Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs are present at the meeting. Such party meetings are generally addressed by the Congress president, and are held either in the beginning of the session or at the end. Of late, the meetings have become few and far between where no one but the Congress president speaks. Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the CPP while Rahul Gandhi holds no post in the CPP.

Image: Rahul Gandhi at Parliament house today.

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