“We were only going to look at whether the Congress cadres worked in R.K. Nagar or not,” he said. A senior Congress leader, who did not want to be identified, alleged that the Congress had angered its ally with the formation of the committee. A Congress leader who did not want to be named cited a resolution of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) passed in October that authorised the AICC president to appoint a new PCC president and office-bearers. “The AICC president can choose to act on it whenever he chooses to. The fact that no new appointment has been made yet could be an indication that Mr. Thirunavukkarasar is still in Mr. Gandhi’s good books,” he said.

Source: The Hindu December 28, 2017 19:30 UTC