New Delhi: In a major organizational overhaul, the Congress on Friday dropped some of its senior-most leaders from its list of party general secretaries. The changes come against the backdrop of a leadership crisis, an issue that was taken up in a recent meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday also constituted a six-member special committee to assist her in “organizational and operational matters", including senior leaders A.K. Azad was one of the signatories to a letter to Gandhi from 23 Congress leaders highlighting the need for an overhaul of the party for a full-time and effective leadership. Along with Azad four others—Motilal Vora, Ambika Soni, Mallikarjun Kharge and Luizinho Faleiro - too were removed from the post of general secretaries.

Source: Mint September 11, 2020 16:29 UTC