Only three members of the total 39 are under 50 years of age. (file)
New Delhi:
On former Prime Minister and Congress icon Rajiv Gandhi’s anniversary, the grand old party today announced names of members of its top decision-making body. Sachin Pilot, the sulking Rajasthan leader, has found a place in the Congress Working Committee ahead of assembly elections in the state later this year.Â
Sachin Pilot, Shashi Tharoor (who went against Mallikarjun Kharge in the Congress President poll last year), Deepa Das Munshi, and Syed Nasser Hussain are new entrants to the CWC.
Mr Pilot is likely to be made in-charge of a big state, sources said.
In addition to Shashi Tharoor, Anand Sharma, another signatory to the letter written by the G-23 group demanding reforms in the party in 2020, has found a place in the top party body.
Only three members of the total 39 are under 50 years of age —Â Sachin Pilot, Gourav Gogoi and Kamaleshwar Patel.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who was in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, is unlikely to be made in charge of any state, sources said.
The members have been nominated by party president Mallikarjun Kharge and not picked through an election. Though Congress’s Steering Committee had in february said that it was unanimously decided to authorise party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to nominate all CWC members, sources said it was not unanimous, with leaders like Ajay Maken, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and Digvijaya Singh favouring elections at the meeting held in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, as part of the Congress’s 85th plenary session.
