Held at the party’s state headquarters Sadaqat Ashram, the meeting saw participation from permanent and special invitees, chief ministers of congress-ruled states, Pradesh Congress Committee chiefs, and legislature leaders, as per news agency PTI.
#WATCH | Bihar: Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting begins at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and other leaders of the party are present in the meeting. pic.twitter.com/IDKz3EP5pj— ANI (@ANI) September 24, 2025
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge unfurled the party’s flag at the state headquarters before the deliberations began.
Other leaders included general secretaries KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh and Sachin Pilot, and Ajay Maken, among others.
#WATCH | Bihar: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge unfurls the Congress flag at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna ahead of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and other leaders of the party present. pic.twitter.com/UW2OCFhGRB— ANI (@ANI) September 24, 2025
Congress member and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Patna on the morning of September 24 to attend the meeting.
He was received at the Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport by Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar and other senior leaders.
#WATCH | Bihar: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Patna airport for the CWC (Congress Working Committee) meeting today. pic.twitter.com/yWN37pjL5r
— ANI (@ANI) September 24, 2025
Focus on Bihar polls and ‘vote theft’ issue
The CWC is expected to pass a few resolutions aimed at sharpening the Congress campaign ahead of the Bihar polls scheduled for November, as per PTI.
The meeting is centred on the electoral strategy and intensifying the party’s criticism of the BJP over alleged manipulation of voter rolls.
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A strong message is likely to be issued on the EC’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, PTI reported citing party sources.
The meeting follows Gandhi’s recent “Voter Adhikar Yatra” against “vote chori”, which energised the party’s cadre, and two press conferences where he accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of shielding those who “destroyed democracy”.
The EC has dismissed these allegations as “incorrect and baseless”.
