UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi (left) and Congress President Rahul Gandhi.Reuters
Sure, they have really juggled up but, in the process, have they truly jumbled up? In a major organizational rearrangement, as the Congress party appoints general secretaries and in-charges of All India Congress Committee, we read between the lines.
Party veterans like Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni, senior leaders like Moti Lal Vohra, Luizinho Faleiro and Mallikarjun Khadge have been dropped from the list of general secretaries. It didn t take long for those watching to connect the dots back to the five-page letter of dissent written to the party last month. Azad was the senior-most among the total 23 signatories to the letter, which was addressed to Sonia Gandhi, seeking an organisational overhaul of the party s structure and way of functioning.
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Veteran Congress leader Motilal Vora passes away at 93; PM Modi condoles
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Updated: Monday, December 21, 2020, 17:20 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 21: Veteran Congress leader Motilal Vora passed away Monday. He died a day after his 93rd birthday. The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister had tested positive for Covid-19 in October and was admitted to AIIMS in the national capital.
Veteran Congress leader Motilal Vora
He will be cremated in Chhattisgarh where his body will be taken either later in the day or on Tuesday.
The senior Congressman was a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Chhattisgarh until April this year. He was also the AICC General Secretary (Administration) until a recent reshuffle within the party.
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