She is likely to replace Ahmed Patel, Her recent political management has started to talk about whether she can prove to be a major communication link with her mother Sonia or brother Rahul
By Abdul hafiz lakhani New Delhi
For the Congress, the overarching question is still in air — who will be the next Ahmed Patel?
Since the first wave of Corona has snatched a troubleshooter like Ahmed Patel from the Congress, ever since then, it has been constantly speculated as to who will replace Ahmed Patel? whether Digvijay Singh or any special loyalist of Gandhi family?
To say that the demise of Ahmed Patel (71) is a loss to the Congress party would be an inexcusable understatement. In a political career spanning over four decades that began with his Lok Sabha win from Gujarat’s Bharuch in the watershed post-Emergency general elections of 1977, Patel had navigated the complex power labyrinth of the Congress unlike any other party leader in recent memor
But now, the fog has begun to fade. Priyanka Gandhi’s recent political management has started to talk about whether Priyanka can prove to be a major communication link with her mother Sonia or brother Rahul. Even this time when Priyanka had to write the script to postpone the election of the Congress President in the CWC meeting, it was Priyanka herself, who spoke to senior and disgruntled Congress leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma before the meeting. So, as soon as Ashok Gehlot proposed in this regard, Azad and Anand Sharma agreed that it was not the right time for elections.
Priyanka may be in charge of UP, but now she will probably handle UP only on her social media. Anyway in UP she has installed her special adviser Sandeep Singh, who is ruling there by keeping Priyanka’s standing. Sandeep had made Lallu Singh the head of UP Congress, but today, Sandeep and Lallu are so much at loggerheads that their conversation is also closed.
Congress workers also blame Rahul for losing Amethi, who sent Kishori Lal to Rae Bareli after seeing Amethi for a long time in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and took charge of Amethi himself. Well, now it seems Priyanka is focusing more on national politics than UP. If sources are to be believed, Rahul-Priyanka loyalist Kanishka Singh may be the new treasurer of the Congress instead of Pawan Bansal. Kanishka is a long time partner of Motilal Vora and he is well aware of all the trusts of the Congress. This major reshuffle can be seen in the Congress organisation in the coming days.
Recently 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.
On completion of his term in Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra Modi had given a memorable farewell speech in the Parliament.
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