Former Union Minister Manish Tewari is also preparing to contest the Congress presidential poll, said sources close to him, adding that he was in his parliamentary constituency Sri Anandpur Sahib to meet the Punjab party delegates—the voters in the poll. Every candidate requires 10 Pradesh Congress committee delegates to propose his/her name for the candidature.

Tewari is part of the G-23, a group of critics of the Congress leadership who had written to Sonia Gandhi seeking reforms in the party. Interestingly, he is the only leader from the group considering to contest for the post. The Congress’ central election authority on Thursday issued a notification for the AICC president polls.