Aditi tandon
Tribune news service
New Delhi, September 11
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today renewed the party’s organization, eliminating five high-level general secretaries, including Ghulam Nabi Azad and Motilal Vora, reconstituting the working committee and forming a new five-member panel to assist her.
Hosted dissidents
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Mukul Wasnik, Jitin Prasada and Arvinder Lovely
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Harish Rawat replaces Asha Kumari as head of Punjab
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Newcomer Vivek Bansal appointed Haryana in charge
The changes come shortly after 23 leaders wrote to Sonia to ask for a reform of the party. Sonia set up some members of the ginger group today, Mukul Wasnik, Jitin Prasada, and Arvinder Lovely, while leaving Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari out in the cold, for now.
Although Sonia retained letter writers Azad and Anand Sharma at the CWC, she fired Azad as Haryana’s secretary general, and appointed newcomer Vivek Bansal in his place. The secretaries general who have been eliminated are Azad, Motilal Vora, Ambika Soni, Mallikarjun Kharge and Luizinho Faleiro.
Wasnik, who was a signatory to the controversial letter, has been appointed Madhya Pradesh’s general secretary, while Harish Rawat is Punjab’s new general secretary, replacing the previous state in charge Asha Kumari.
Rahul’s Helpers Dominate
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Permanent guests of Digvijay, Ramesh, Khurshid and Pramod Tewari
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Of 26 permanent guests at CWC, 11 ‘close’ to Rahul
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Among the 22 regular members of the CWC, Venugopal, Surjewala, Maken, Jitendra and Meena are part of the Rahul camp
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Among the 9 special guests, seven are leaders who were first promoted by Rahul
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Of the 17 new AICCs in charge, 12 owe allegiance to Rahul
AICC media chief Randeep Surjewala has been promoted as AICC secretary general, Karnataka, a regular CWC member and is among the five leaders who will assist Sonia in organizational matters. The other members of the panel are AK Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ambika Soni, and KC Venugopal.
Rahul Gandhi’s aides – Surjewala, Venugopal, Ajay Maken, Jitendra Singh – have secured general secretary positions alongside Priyanka Vadra (UP), Oommen Chandy (Andhra Pradesh) and Tariq Anwar (Kerala). His assistants also dominate the list in charge: Punjab MLA Kuljit Nagra (Sikkim, Nagaland, Tripura), Rajeev Satav (Gujarat, Dadra Nagar Haveli), Rajeev Shukla (Himachal Pradesh), Manickam Tagore (Telangana) and Rajni Patil (Jammu and Kashmir) ). ).
Former Railways Minister Pawan Bansal is now Secretary General (Administration), replacing Vora, and also a permanent guest of the CWC. P Chidambaram has become a regular rather than a permanent member along with Tariq Anwar, Surjewala and Jitendra Singh.
Sonia has eliminated four Vora, Faleiro, Adhir Ranjan and Tamradhwaj Sahu as regular members of the CWC, which has changed Adhir as a permanent guest of the CWC.
Region winners
- Surjewala: Appointed Secretary General of Karnataka; Regular member of CWC; On the panel to help Sonia
- Pawan Bansal: He returns as Secretary General (Admin), replacing Vora; made a permanent guest at CWC
- Harish Rawat: Made gen secy, Punjab, replacing Asha Kumari
- Kuljit Nagra: CWC and AICC standing guest fact by Sikkim, Nagaland
