Surjewala's statement comes amid statements from several Congress leaders and open calls from DK Shivakumar’s supporters demanding that he be made chief minister.
Speaking to mediapersons at the KPCC office in Bengaluru, Surjewala said: "Any news that is being circulated in the media about some leadership change is only a figment of your imagination."
Selja ji also wants to be one, why not? She is my elder sister. Chaudhary Bhupinder Singh Hooda would also like to be the CM. Besides the three of us, some other party workers can also have this aspiration, says Randeep Surjewala
Lok Sabha elections: Last week, the poll body had issued a show-cause notice to Surjewala for his alleged "undignified and vulgar" remarks against the actor-turned politician.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The poll body termed the remarks 'undignified' and asked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to ensure compliance with its advisories on upholding women's dignity during campaigning.
Lok Sabha election 2024: Sharing a video on X, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya accusing the Haryana Congress leader of making 'vile, sexist' remarks against Hema Malini, who is the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Mathura.
He tweeted, "Modi Government has destroyed our banking sector by encouraging brazen 'loot and scoot'! Total amount owed by wilful defaulters is more than Rs 3 lakh crore. 4,394 new wilful defaulters have been added in last 5 years. Why is Modi Government shying in naming and shaming them."
However, sections in the party did not rule out delay in the internal poll process, considering the reluctance of Rahul Gandhi in contesting for the top post, lack of a 'Plan B' and the current focus of the Congress on organising 'Bharat Jodo yatra' next month.
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Randeep Surjewala said Sonia Gandhi has been meeting a series of leaders and activists over the past one week, and some of them have tested positive for COVID.
The party also fielded Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari from Rajasthan, Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh, Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan from Chhattisgarh and Imran Pratapgarhi from Maharashtra.
Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked why did the government reduce LIC valuation from Rs 12-14 lakh crore in February to Rs 6 lakh crore in just two months.
"We are confident that Bihar has voted for a change and Bihar will vote for the change," Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
Asked about the organisational changes made by Gandhi and the subsequent reported statements by some leaders who had written to her over party reforms, Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said he had not seen a single statement by any Congress leader on the issue and cannot comment on that.
Asked whether the doors for dissidents are open, Surjewala said that the legislators should first hold a dialogue with the party on the condition that they give up the security of Haryana police in Manesar, and the hospitality and friendship of the BJP.
The reference was to reports that MLAs close to the rebel leaders are holed up in hotels in Gurgaon in Haryana, where the BJP is in power.
These deaths were reported from sick newborn care units set up in almost all districts of the state.
Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also tagged a video of Prime Minister Modi attacking the then Congress government over rape incidents in Delhi.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Congress had stated earlier that the Rafale issue cannot be decided by the Supreme Court, and the alleged corruption in the defence contract can only be brought out by a JPC after examining the files and notings in the contract.
Addressing a press conference here in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, Surjewala hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaking his "silence" on the issue on its second anniversary.
On Monday, the BJP alleged that the Congress president was involved in a "conspiracy, internationally" and former French president Francois Hollande was part of the "nexus" to sabotage the Rafale deal.
He said instant triple talaq was "an illegal, unconstitutional and inhuman practice" that was quashed by the Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court quashed the practice, it has become a law.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the age-old colonial law was an anachronism in today's modern times and the verdict restores the fundamental rights and negates discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, while thanking the people of the state, said that they have once against reposed their faith in the Congress.
"The Modi government is selling cheap petrol and diesel to foreign countries, as Indians suffer due to the all-time high prices," he said.