Congress plenary authorises Rahul Gandhi to constitute CWC

New Delhi : The Congress plenary on Sunday authorsied party President Rahul Gandhi to constitute the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The proposal was adopted with a consensus by raising of hands.

Taking the proposal, party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that in the history of Congress, election to the CWC had been held only about a dozen times.

Most of the times it has been left to the Congress President to constitute the CWC. The party's 84th plenary session began here on Saturday.