JD (U) pulls out NDA on point Modes

PTI

NEW DELHI

Rahul Gandhi's team for the 2014 Lok Sabha (lower House of the Indian Parliament) battle, Congress on Sunday brought in former Union Ministers Ajay and CP Joshi along with Ambika Soni and Gurudas Kamat as Secretaries-General and decorative Ghulam Nabi Azad and Oscar Fernandes.

Major changes in the Organization, the President of the Congress Sonia Gandhi as her political Secretary Ahmed Patel but significantly made Ambika Soni as Secretary General is also responsible for the Congress President's Office (CPO).

Soni was the political Secretary before Patel replaced her almost a decade ago. Soni had also previously held the cargo of CPO. Christine Leo Angelo, who comes from the Western Indian State of Gujarat and is considered close to Rahul, got the load of important North Indian State of Uttar Pradesh with Digvijay Singh is given the responsibility of the South Indian States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Western Indian State of Goa.

Other General Secretaries who were dropped included Muttamwar Vilas and Birender Singh. Under the incharges of the different States that failed to get, Jagdish Tytler and Jagmeet Singh Brar renomination were Gulchain Singh Charak.

Those who raised as Secretaries-General include Mohan Prakash, Shakeel Ahmed and Congress Working Committee that earlier permanent invitees Barton Faleiro (CWC), and also of different States were responsible.

Do with Lok Sabha polls less than a year away in charge of communication, advertising and publication made wing that now also will include the media Department of the party.

The Department of media was for the last six years is handled by Janardan Dwivedi.

Priya Dutt will assist in appointing as Secretary Make no less than 42 Secretaries party. And Joshi resigned as Union Ministers last night.

An effective leader noted that the changes in the organisation revealed that this is a new generation taking over as the average age of the apex policy decision making body of the party, the CWC, now 52 is while it was much more earlier.

Rahul, who took over as vice President of party in January this year, the charge of front organizations with Prabha Kishor Taviad kept to itself and Suraj Hegde as Secretaries to help him set up.