New Delhi: UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and outgoing party head Rahul Gandhi left the Congress Working Committee meeting midway, saying they couldn't be part of the process of consultations to find its next president. "We cannot be part of this process," Sonia Gandhi said after she recused herself from the deliberations.

Sonia Gandhi on leaving from Congress Working Committee meeting: Now consultation(to decide next party chief) is going on and naturally me and Rahul ji cannot be a part of it pic.twitter.com/OcMoztJtuQ

— ANI (@ANI) August 10, 2019

After Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi too left saying that he has to take stock of his parliamentary constituency Wayanad in Kerala, which is currently ravaged by heavy rains. Sonia Gandhi said her name was included by default in the region-wise committees.