Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee. Senior leaders like Digvijay Singh, Janardan Dwivedi, Kamal Nath, Sushilkumar Shinde, Mohan Prakash, C P Joshi have been dropped from the CWC.
CWC is the party’s highest decision-making body, with a blend of young and old leaders and will convene its first meeting on July 22. This meeting will be of an ‘extended working committee’ as all state unit presidents and Congress Legislative Party leaders from states will be in attendance.
51 members included in the new Congress Working Committee(CWC), Janardan Dwivedi has been dropped. pic.twitter.com/kPaD4KKl87
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The new CWC includes 23 members, 18 permanent invitees and 10 special invitees. This is the first CWC formed by the Congress chief after assuming charge of the party. Some of the new faces are Mukul Wasnik, Avinash Pande, Dipak Babaraia, Tamradhwaj Sahu, Gaikhangam and Ashok Gehlot.
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The committee was dissolved prior to the election of the Congress president and the earlier panel was transformed into a steering committee till the party’s plenary session that concluded in March.