Congress president Rahul Gandhi today appointed Ahmed Patel, the former political secretary of Sonia Gandhi, as the treasurer of the party, press release said.
In a bitter Rajsabha MP Election from Gujarat last year it is important to note Ahmed Patel and his men made Gigantic Amitshah team bite dust and secured sensational win in a thrilling Counting where Prime Minister Modi almost all powerful ministers stood in front on the day of counting that given sleepless night to Election Commission officials
Ahmed Pate replaces Motilal Vohra, who has been appointed general secretary in-charge of administration
Senior leader Anand Sharma has been appointed the chairman of foreign cell of the party.
In July this year, seven months after he took over the reins of the Congress, Rahul Gandhi reconstituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC), inducting a mix of experienced politicians and youthful faces in the party’s highest decision-making body.
The 51-member panel, including the main 23-member CWC, 18 permanent invitees and 10 special invitees, replaced the steering committee formed after the previous CWC was dissolved on February 16.
Apart from Gandhi, his mother and predecessor Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the 23-member CWC includes senior leaders, often referred to as the ‘Old Guard’ in party circles, like Motilal Vora, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad and AK Antony.
The new additions included former chief ministers Oommen Chandy (Kerala), Tarun Gogoi (Assam), Siddaramaiah (Karnataka) and Harish Rawat (Uttarakhand), Anand Sharma, Kumari Selja, Tamradhwaj Sahu, Raghuveer Meena, Avinash Pande and Gaikhangam Gangmei.
The significant omissions included former general secretaries Digvijaya Singh, Janardan Dwivedi, CP Joshi, BK Hariprasad, Mohan Prakash, Mohsina Kidwai and Sushil Kumar Shinde besides Karan Singh, Oscar Fernandes and RK Dhawan.
