New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi will be present at its working committee meeting in Patna on September 24. The capital city of poll-bound Bihar hosted a CWC meeting of the Congress party way back in 1940.

AICC Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru said on Monday that the Congress was fighting "the second war of Independence" in Bihar, a reason why the meeting has been scheduled in the state.

Assembly polls are due in Bihar this year.

"At the CWC (Congress Working Committee) meeting, we will be having AICC president Kharge and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. All other CWC members have also been invited. Chief ministers of Congress-ruled states are also exp...