New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was on Saturday removed as party’s general secretary in-charge of poll-bound Karnataka and Goa after its fiasco in government formation in the coastal state. Initiating a reshuffle within the party, Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed K.C. Venugopal as its general secretary in-charge for Karnataka along with four secretaries. She also elevated Congress secretary A. Chella Kumar as in-charge of Goa, replacing Singh. As Congress’s Goa unit in-charge, Singh had failed to form a government there despite the party winning 17 out of the total 40 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained power after getting only 13 seats.

Source: Mint April 29, 2017 15:45 UTC