New Delhi, September 11: The Congress on Friday appointed general secretaries and in-charges of All India Congress Committee (AICC). Notably, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who rebelled against the interim chief Sonia Gandhi at the recent Congress Working Committee meeting, was dropped from the list. The other prominent leaders who were not included in the list of general secretaries are – Ambika Soni, Moti Lal Vohra, Luzenio Falerio and Mallikarjun Khadge. Congress Working Committee Meet: Sonia Gandhi Asks CWC to Select New President for Congress Party, Manmohan Singh Urges Her to Continue.

Azad, who was earlier in-charge of Haryana, was replaced by Vivek Bansal. However, Azad remains a part of the Congress Working Committee. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala was given the post general secretory of Karnata. Meanwhile,  Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was made general secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Harish Rawat for Punjab, Mukul Wasnik for Madhya Pradesh, Ajay Maken for Rajasthan, Tariq Anwar for Kerala and Lakshadweep, Jitendra Singh for Assam and Oommen Chandy for Andhra Pradesh. UP Cong Leader Demands Expulsion of Ghulam Nabi Azad from Party.

List of New General Secretaries and In-Charges of Congress: 

List of Members of Newly Constituted CWC:

The grand old party also reconstituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and its Central Election Authority. The CWC members, include Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Digvijaya Singh, Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, HK Patil, Salman Khurshid, Pawan Bansal, Dinesh Gundurao, Harish Rawat, Jairam Ramesh, Manish Chatrath and Kuljit Nagra. Congress also set up special committee to assist the interim president of the party.

The reshuffle in the Congress came days after a group of 23 party leaders wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi calling for an overhaul of the party. Rahul Gandhi also questioned the timings of the letter. He had said, "What was the reason to write a letter when Sonia Gandhi was admitted in hospital and when the party was battling a political crisis in Rajasthan." The CWC meeting held on August 24, witnessed volatile scenes with Azad even offered to resign.

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