The Steering Committee meeting took place on February 24, 2023 and more than 45 members participated in this meeting, wherein, the agenda of the plenary was discussed.

The Steering Committee also decided unanimously to empower the Congress President to nominate members to the CWC. We had a 2-1/2 hour discussion on this issue and the dominant view, overwhelming view was keeping in mind the political challenges facing the country, facing the Congress Party in its capacity as the main opposition and keeping in mind the far-reaching amendments that we are going to bring about tomorrow and day after in our Party’s Constitution; 16 Articles are being amended, 32 rules are being amended. The most important of them is to provide 50 per cent reservations in the Working Committee to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, Minorities, Women and Youth below the age of 50.

Keeping in mind both these factors, the unanimous view of the Steering Committee was that this is the time to empower the Congress President to nominate members to the Congress Working Committee.

Based on Press Briefing of Shri Jairam Ramesh in Raipur on February 24, 2023