There has been a growing chorus for a drastic change and overhaul in the Congress following a string of electoral defeats. A few senior leaders have spoken out that the party must change if it has to remain a credible political force.
Amritsar MP Captain Amarinder Singh, too, has joined the bandwagon and said that it is time for Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to step down and make way for party vice president Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
"I have worked with Sonia ji since 1998. I found her a really good leader. She is nearly 70 years old and I am 74. The time has come for a new generation to emerge. She has worked very hard. She is working in the whole country. Obviously she is exhausted, tired and wants to change. I think it's only fair if she wishes to handover," said Singh, who is also the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the Punjab Assembly elections due in early 2017.
The succession question in the Congress resurfaced after the drubbing in the recent Assembly elections. Some senior Congress leaders including Singh have been demanding that Rahul should take over the reins of Congress.
"I think Rahul has also had his own experience in the last few years, and everyone learns. Everyone is not born a leader, we have to emerge. Rahul has emerged as a good listener. He is a very perceptive individual and he agrees with things. He is the not one of those people who say this is the way it's done. He listens and then evolves a solution for everything. Rahul is like his father Rajiv Gandhi," he said.
Earlier, veteran leaders Digvijaya Singh and Satyavrat Chaturvedi had said that Congress needs to undergo a major surgery following the party’s rout in the recent elections.
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