Party Will Not Survive A “Puppet President”, Says Congress’s Prithviraj Chavan
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Prithviraj Chavan said elections should be held at every position in the party. (File)New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday cautioned that the Congress will not survive if someone is made a "puppet president" as the party announced the schedule to elect its new chief.Stating that elections should be held for all posts, including the Congress Working Committee (CWC), Prithviraj Chavan who is a member of the G-23 dissident group said that urgent steps are needed to save the party and the "backseat driving" will not work.Senior Congress leader also said that if Rahul Gandhi does not want to become the president, then alternative arrangements should be made and a new Congress president should be elected through elections.On Ghulam Nabi Azad's resigna...