NEW DELHI: In what appears to be an olive branch to the “letter writers” and further impetus to in-house reconciliation, Congress has reached out to the G23 members heading AICC departments with a subtle message that they stay on.
Party sources said the AICC management contacted these leaders and sought to know if they were interested in continuing with their organisational responsibility. The subtext was that they should.
It is learnt that senior Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor will stay on as chairman of the ‘AICC Professional Congress’ department. AICC ‘legal and human rights department’ chairman Vivek Tankha has stepped down. Anand Sharma is likely to continue as chairman of the foreign affairs department. Sources said it was not clear if Sharma was approached since he is also a Congress Working Committee member. The outreach is seen as an attempt to know the minds of the G23 members and to reassure them.
Gujarat Congress still awaits key appointments
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The party had lost its state in-charge, Rajiv Satav, to Covid in May. Prior to that, state president Amit Chavda and Leader of the Opposition Paresh Dhanani had tendered in their resignations following the debacle in the civic body polls.
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The Congress, the principal opposition party in Gujarat, is yet to get its top brass in place. While the high command is yet to appoint the Gujarat Congress in-charge, state Congress president, leader of the opposition, among other key appointments, party workers are helplessly watch the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fast emerging as a strong political force.
Congress in disarray in half dozen election-bound states, leadership in a daze
As the Congress leadership is firefighting in Punjab, trouble is brewing for the party in the majority of the states going to polls in 2022.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu (right) has been attacking Punjab CM Amarinder Singh over his alleged failure to fulfill the Congress’s poll promises | File
NEW DELHI: As the Congress leadership is firefighting in Punjab, trouble is brewing for the party in the majority of the states going to polls in 2022. The high command is having a tough task in hand to contain infighting and dissent in state units where the party stands a chance of coming to power. Seven states are scheduled to elect new assemblies next year Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab, UP, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
Even before the EC could notify the RS polls, Congress aspirants have started their moves. AICC general secretary Mukul Wasniks name is doing the rounds for the seat from his home state, Maharashtra.
Party sources maintain that the high command is less likely to do any experimentation on the appointment of the Gujarat in-charge as assembly elections are drawing close and it cannot afford to face another defeat as seen during the civic body polls held early this year. Congress in-charge for Gujarat, Rajiv Satav (46), had died of Covid last month.