SALEM: Senior Congress leader from Tamil Nadu and former Union minister E V K S Elangovan has said while party men still wanted Rahul Gandhi to reconsider his resignation as Congress president following the Lok Sabha poll defeat, “we will accept even if Priyanka Gandhi is made Congress president.”
Speaking to reporters here late on Friday, Mr. Elangovan said the imbroglio over the Congress presidentship issue will be resolved in a few days.
Stating that “a Congress without Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi is inconceivable for party men,” he said though Rahul has tendered his resignation, he continued to be politically active both inside and outside Parliament. “Everyone’s wish is that Rahul should reconsider his decision.”
Condemning the Central government for its efforts to undemocratically pull down the Congress-JD(S) regime in Karnataka, Elangovan charged that the Centre was “itching” to dismiss the State government there.
Accusing Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. O. Panneerselvam with having used ‘enormous money power’ to make his son, O.P. Raveendranath win the recent Lok Sabha election from Theni, where EVKS Elangovan was the Congress candidate, he said it was now meaningless to legally challenge the election.
