Mani Shankar Aiyar's big statement- 'Non Gandhi may be Congress president, but ...'

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After offering the resignation of Rahul Gandhi Congress President, many speculations are ongoing about the new president. Rahul Gandhioffered a resignation taking the moral responsibility of the defeat in the CWC meeting held on May 25 .However, CWC passed the resolution and dismissed it unanimously, but Rahul Gandhi was stuck on his resignation. Meanwhile, senior party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Sunday that a non-Gandhi party might be the head of the party, but the Gandhi family should remain active within the organization. He claimed that the BJP's goal is 'Gandhi free Congress' so that his purpose of 'Congress free India' can be fulfilled.

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Mani Shankar Aiyar said that if Rahul Gandhi remains the party president then it would be best, but Rahul's wishes should also be respected. He said, "I am convinced that even if the President of the party is not Nehru-Gandhi, our existence will continue, provided the Nehru-Gandhi family remained active in the party and help resolve the crisis where serious differences arise."

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Senior Congress leader said that Rahul Gandhi has given a month's time to look for any other option for the post of president and there is a dialogue within the Congress regarding this issue where most people in the party favor Rahul Gandhi's position Are. Although the former Union Minister emphasized that instead of speculating the media should wait for 'final deadline' to know if there is any alternative or Rahul has been persuaded to remain Congress President .

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Iyer said, 'I do not think this is a matter of personality. I know that the BJP's goal is the Gandhi free Congress and the congressional Congress is free India. In my view we are not going to be trapped in the trap of thinking that they have detected something that we are unable to find. On the question about the need for a reshuffle in the top leadership of the organization, 78-year-old Aiyar said, "If you cut the head, then the torso will start fluttering." Iyer presented many examples from the history of the party when people outside the Nehru-Gandhi family were the party's president, from UN Dhebar to Brahmanand Reddy. He said that this model can still be adopted.