Monday, May 30 2005 20:35 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi could soon be party General Secretary as fresh from her election as Congress President for the third term, Sonia Gandhi has initiated efforts for restructuring the Congress Working Committee and AICC (All India Congress Committee) secretariat.

Party sources said that plans are afoot to hold a meeting of the AICC by June 25 for election to the CWC, apex policy making body of the party amid indications that the generation next including the MP from Amethi would be asked to shoulder greater responsibility in the organisation.

The AICC meeting could be held either here or in a nearby State capital.

They said that a new CWC as also a revamped AICC secretariat would be place much before the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning in mid-July while a Conclave of the Congress Chief Ministers would be held later.

Generally, elections to CWC take place at plenary sessions of the party held after organisational polls. After Gandhi's elections, present AICC Secretariat has now become a caretaker one.

Amid hints from the AICC that Gandhi was toying with the idea of elections for the CWC to make the organisation more vibrant, a fierce contest could be on the cards almost after a decade for the membership of the all powerful Committee this time.