A day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) elected Sonia Gandhi as the interim chief of the party, the Odisha unit of Congress is buoyant that the much-needed development will spur the party’s failing prospects both at the State and the national level.
After party’s poor show during the recent general elections, while political circles in the State are abuzz with speculations on the selection of a new Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief, many party leaders are hopeful that Gandhi will hand over the baton to a suitable candidate so that the party will join the upcoming by-poll battle for the Bijepur Assembly seat.
Party leaders also believe that as Gandhi is quite aware about the party’s condition in Odisha, she will take an appropriate decision while taking care of the expectations of the State leaders.