Capt: Happy to see Sonia back in saddle

Chandigarh, August 11 

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has welcomed Sonia Gandhi’s appointment as interim president of the Congress as the best decision in the current circumstances and said her experience and understanding would help guide the party.

Other Congress leaders from Punjab and Haryana also hailed her appointment and said Sonia Gandhi had the right experience to guide the party in the given circumstances. “Happy to see Smt. Sonia Gandhiji back in the saddle. It was the best decision in the current circumstances. Her experience and understanding will help guide@INCInida. I wish her and the party all the best,” Captain tweeted.

Sonia Gandhi was on Saturday appointed as interim president of the Congress at a crucial meeting of the party’s working committee in New Delhi after Rahul Gandhi refused to take back his resignation.

Former Union Minister and sitting MP from Patiala Preneet Kaur tweeted: “Great news! Smt Sonia Gandhi appointed @INCIndia President again. Look forward with much hope and determination towards this decision. Your valuable experience will help us in steering the party.” 

Former Union Minister and party’s Lok Sabha MP from Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari said Sonia Gandhi had the right experience to guide the party in the present circumstances. “Overseeing the affairs of@INCIndia since several years, Smt.#Sonia Gandhi has the right experience to guide the party in the present circumstances. Welcoming#CongressWorkingCommittee’s decision to pass on the reins to her by nominating her as the interim President,” Tewari said in a tweet.

Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda also welcomed Sonia’s appointment, saying the party would be further strengthened under her leadership. — PTI 

Looking back

• Sonia Gandhi returned as party president almost 20 months after making way for her son Rahul Gandhi in December 2017
• She led the party for almost 19 years before she quit the post citing health reasons
• She is back at the helm two months after the Cong suffered a drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls under Rahul’s leadership