Four seats of Rajya Sabha will fall vacant in Rajasthan next year and if all goes well, he may be nominated
Special correspondent jaipur
The appointment of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who leads a group of 23 dissidents (G-23) within the party, as the Chairman of task force on Covid-19, is an attempt by the Party President Sonia Gandhi to reach out to the dissenting leaders in which AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has played an important role.
Priyanka Gandhi herself is a member of the task force, which was constituted by Sonia Gandhi during a recently held meeting of Congress Working Committee (CWC).
Azad is the leader, who had appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament by saying that he has not forgotten his roots. This is the first responsibility Azad has been given by the party ever since the leaders of G-23 group wrote a letter last year, demanding free and fair organisational elections in the Congress party.
Last year, the Congress panel on Covid-19 was led by former PM Manmohan Singh but this year, the task force of the party is under Azad, the former Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
Sources said that Priyanka Gandhi worked on restoring relations between Azad and the Party High Command and she convinced her to lead the task force.
Though Azad was not willing to take up the responsibility, Priyanka Gandhi convinced him for the same with an intention to bring the leader back to the mainstream of the party.
Senior leaders including Ambika Soni, Anand Sharma and Mukul Wasnik also helped Priyanka in this task. Also, V George is also said to have played a key role in this.
The move is also seen as an attempt to make a way for Rahul Gandhi to become the Party President again.
Ghulam Nabi Azad has been the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, a Union Minister and the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. He has worked closely with Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi.
On completion of his term in Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra Modi had given a memorable farewell speech in the Parliament.
Sources indicated that Azad may again be nominated for Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh or any other state. Four seats of Rajya Sabha will fall vacant in Rajasthan next year and if all goes well, he may be nominated.
A section of G-23 Congress leaders who had written a letter to Sonia Gandhi in August last year praised Azad at a gathering in Jammu and said that they are carrying forward the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.
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