more-inThe membership drive for the Congress’s organisational elections has come to an end and the race for party posts has begun. FrontrunnersThe frontrunner for the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief, party sources said, is nine-time MP Kamal Nath, who has been both the party’s general secretary and a cabinet minister at the Centre. In Himachal Pradesh, the top contender for in-charge of the State could well be party MP Deepender Hooda, son of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. In Bihar, after the 2015 polls, State chief Ashok Chaudhury became a minister, but his post was not filled. There are four names doing the rounds for the Odisha State chief are Pradeep Majhi, Niranjan Patnaik, Sharat Raut and Srikant Jena.

Source: The Hindu May 15, 2017 17:21 UTC