New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday chaired a meeting of the party's central election committee (CEC), her first major engagement since Aug 4 when she underwent a surgery in the US, party sources said.
"The Congress president is chairing the meeting which began at her residence at about 4 p,n,," a party leader who did not want to be identified told IANS.
The meeting will finalise candidates for next year's assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
On Wednesday, Gandhi had visited the residence of her daughter Priyanka Vadra in the city.
Though Gandhi returned to Delhi Sep 8, she has been on rest on the advice of doctors.
Party sources said that Gandhi had not been meeting party leaders but had been going through the official documents sent to her.