New Delhi: At a time when Congress's present situation andfuture political relevance has been questioned by many, especially after amassive drubbing in Lok Sabha election 2019, several senior Congress leadershave reportedly expressed their desire to have Sonia Gandhi back as partypresident.

Congress has been in absolute tatters in the after match ofLok Sabha election earlier in 2019. Wins in just 52 seats for the party meantelectoral annihilation with even Rahul Gandhi surrendering to BJP's SmritiIrani in the Gandhi bastion of Amethi. Shortly after the result, Rahul said hewill step down as Congress president, a decision that was met with a lot ofopposition from within party ranks. Now, it is being reported by sources that anumber of senior party leaders want Sonia to take over from her son.

Sonia was the Congress party president for nearly twodecades before stepping down in December of 2017. Rahul had taken over commandof the party but has largely failed to change the massively dipping fortunes ofCongress. Seeing the current state of the party, it is learnt that a number ofsenior leaders have appealed to Sonia to come back at the helm. She has so farserved as the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) whichtogether could muster just 91 setas as against 353 won by the National DemocraticAlliance led by BJP.

The BJP now could further up the attack against Congress, aparty it has alleged as dynastic in nature. Previous appeals from party workersand leaders to Rahul to reconsider his resignation was called out by severalBJP leaders who said that there is no accountability in Congress. The charge ofdynastic politics within Congress could also now be renewed due to the call forSonia to return as party chief.