New Delhi, June 28: Even as ambiguity remains on whether Rahul Gandhi would continue as the Congress president, veteran party leader Veerappa Moily on Friday said there is negligible chance of him continuing as the party chief. The remarks come days after the Gandhi scion said he would "certainly resign".

"Today, I don't... (think there) may be even one per cent (possibility) of his (Rahul Gandhi's) coming back," Moily said in an interview to the Press Trust of India.

On being confronted by reporters last week on whether he would roll back his decision to quit, Gandhi declined. The Congress leader further that it is upto the party to decide who his replacement would be. Sumitra Chouhan Quits As Haryana Mahila Congress President, Demands Rahul Gandhi to Stay On.

Meanwhile, over 120 office-bearers of the Congress have submitted their resignations in solidarity with Gandhi, who has taken the blame squarely upon himself of the party's crushing defeat in general elections.

Most of the resignations are from the Youth Congress and All India Mahila Congress -- the two units with which Gandhi had closely worked before succeeding mother Sonia Gandhi as the party chief in 2017.

Gandhi's announcement to relinquish the post of Congress president has hit a section of party's youth cadres. Scores of party workers in Bihar on Thursday sent a letter to him written by their blood, urging him not to resign.

The most recent of resignations came from Sumitra Chouhan, the president of haryana Pradesh Mahila Congress. In her exit letter, Sumitra said she would not accept any position till Rahul Gandhi withdraws his resignation.

Notably, Gandhi had announced his decision to resign at the Congress Working Committee meeting held after the results of Lok Sabha elections 2019.

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