On Wednesday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced that he is no longer the president of the Congress party, adding that the party should decide on a new chief without delay. Gandhi took to social networking site Twitter to announce his official resignation.

It is an honour for me to serve the Congress Party, whose values and ideals have served as the lifeblood of our beautiful nation.

I owe the country and my organisation a debt of tremendous gratitude and love.

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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 3, 2019

"The party should decide on the new president quickly without further delay, I am nowhere in this process. I have already submitted my resignation and I am no longer the party president. CWC should convene a meeting at the earliest and decide," Gandhi told reporters in the parliament.