Chandigarh, Oct 7: The plenary session of the AICC would be held in January next, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced at the Congress Chief Ministers' conclave here today. However, the venue of the twice-postponed session was not announced.
The plenary session, which formally endorses her election as the AICC president marking the completion of organisational polls, was to have been held on October 22 and 23 at Hyderabad, but was put off following the announcement of the schedule for Assembly elections in Bihar.
Earlier, the party had indicated that the plenary would be held in September.
Fifteen Chief Ministers of the Congress-ruled states and one Deputy Chief Minister, besides six AICC general secretaries and seven Central Ministers from the party are attending the meet, the first such exercise after the Congress-led UPA government came to power at the Centre.
