Recently, Sonia Gandhi appointed Rameshwar Oraon as the Jharkhand state unit chief along with five working Presidents
Sonia Gandhi. Pic/Twitter Congress
On Tuesday, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi is set to take a decision on the new chief for the party in Delhi, according to the party leader, reports news agency IANS. A senior party leader said that a meeting of Soniaji is scheduled with leaders of Delhi Congress in the evening.
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#Congress interim President #SoniaGandhi is set to take a decision on a new chief for the party in #Delhi, party leaders said on August 27.
— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) August 27, 2019
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The post of the Delhi Congress chief fell vacant following the death of former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who passed away on July 20, 2019, following a cardiac arrest. Dixit was 81-years-old and is survived by her son and daughter and their families.
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With the assembly elections due in the national capital early next year, a discussion on experienced leaders will be discussed at the meeting with Sonia Gandhi, said the senior leader. Congress-ruled Delhi from 1998 to 2013 and failed to win a single seat in the 2015 Assembly elections.
On Monday, Sonia Gandhi appointed Rameshwar Oraon as the Jharkhand state unit chief along with five working Presidents: Kamlesh Mahato Kamalesh, Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Thakur, Manas Sinha, and Sanjay Paswan.
The Congress President has constituted a Screening Committee for the forthcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections.
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With inputs from IANS
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