New Delhi: New Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday arrange a 47-member Steering Committee that features former prime minister Manmohan Singh and the get together’s ex-presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
The interim panel headed by him would take the place of the Congress Working Committee, the apex decision-making physique, until a brand new CWC is fashioned after Kharge’s election is ratified on the get together plenary.
A lot of the members of the final CWC have been retained within the committee which was introduced hours after Kharge took over as the brand new get together Congress president.
All CWC members and workplace bearers of the get together tendered their resignations to the brand new get together chief to allow him to decide on his personal workforce.
In response to a communication from the AICC basic secretary (Organisation), the committee members embrace senior get together leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, A Okay Antony, Ambika Soni, Anand Sharma, Okay C Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala and Digvijaya Singh.
“As per Article XV (b) of the Structure of the Indian Nationwide Congress, the Congress president has constituted the Steering Committee which might perform instead of the Congress Working Committee,” Venugopal mentioned within the order.
The CWC is the very best decision-making physique of the Congress and the Steering Committee will now take all choices until the ratification of Kharge’s election on the get together’s plenary session attended by all PCC delegates.
The session is more likely to be held in March subsequent yr.
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