Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday constituted a 47-member steering committee to function in place of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Most of the members of the last CWC were retained in the committee, which was announced hours after Kharge took over as the party’s new congress president.
Senior party leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have been appointed as members of the new committee. The new panel also includes Priyanka Gandhi, AK Antony, Ambika Soni, Anand Sharma, KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has set up a Steering Committee to function in place of the Congress Working Committee.
The committee members include senior party leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others. However, Shashi Tharoor, who contested against Kharge in the recently concluded elections for the post of Congress president, is missing from the list. According to reports, all CWC members and party officials have submitted their resignations to the new party chief so that he can choose his own team. “Under Article XV (b) of the Constitution of the Indian National Congress, the Congress President has constituted a Steering Committee to function in place of the Congress Working Committee,” AICC General Secretary (Organization) KC Venugopal said in a statement order.
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