"The decision making in the Congress is very centralised," Alva told Karan Thapar in India Today TV's show, To The Point. Alva was sacked in 2008 because she had raised the issue of Congress tickets being sold in the run-up to the Assembly election in Karnataka. She made a series of damning charges against Sonia and other senior Congress leaders in her interview with Thapar. Briefcase 1 Alva was sacked from Congress in 2008. Incidentally, earlier this month Alva was made the member of a Congress panel to help improve the synergy between the party and the government in Karnataka, which the Congress currently rules.

Source: India Today July 15, 2016 11:21 UTC