The election of the new Congress president will be held between August 21 and September 20 next year, the party announced on Saturday after the crucial meeting of its working committee which approved the schedule for organisational polls at various levels.

After a nearly five-hour-long meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal announced the election schedule which includes a massive membership drive for the polls starting from November 1, 2021, and will go on till March 31, 2022.