aicc: AICC disciplinary panel: Azad, Shinde dropped; Antony retained as Chief

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday dropped senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Mukut Mithi from the reconstituted AICC disciplinary committee, at the same time as she retained veteran AK Antony as chairman of the important thing get together panel. AICC normal secretary Tariq Anwar and CWC member Ambika Soni are among the many new entrants.

Azad’s elimination from the committee, which seems to be into the complaints of violations of get together self-discipline by Congress individuals, is not shocking as he’s the main gentle of the 23 leaders who wrote a joint letter final yr asking Gandhi to take organisational reforms, a transfer dubbed as insurrection by the Gandhi household loyalists. Azad was subsequently dropped as AICC normal secretary. His exit from the disciplinary committee coincides along with his many supporters in J&Okay elevating the banner of revolt by quitting get together posts.

JP Aggarwal and D Parameswar too have been made members of the brand new disciplinary committee. The committee had a emptiness because of the dying of get together veteran Motilal Vora. Antony has been heading this necessary AICC committee for a few years now.