Only seven women leaders have been given space out of the 51-member list in the new Congress Working Committee (CWC), headed by Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Members of Parliament, Ambika Soni and Kumari Selja have been nominated as members in the reconstituted CWC, while former Delhi Chief Minister Shield Dixit, Rajni Patil, Asha Kumari have been made permanent invitees.

Meanwhile, Congress MP from Silchar Constituency of Assam has been nominated as a special invitee for Chief of Mahila Congress. This comes despite the Congress had been pitching for 33% reservation for women in the legislation under the Women Reservation Bill. A total of 51 members were included in the new CWC, while first-time in charges of states were included as permanent invitees.