North Indian ex-CM likely to be Congress working president

NEW DELHI: As the Congress is contemplating a change in its setup, a serious churning within it is happening about an impending reshuffle at the General Secretary and state in-charges level. The party is also mulling the appointment of a working President to lessen the burden on Sonia Gandhi.

Sources say that a Hindi speaking north Indian former Chief Minister is being considered for the post. There are currently three former Chief Ministers in the party -- Digvijaya Singh, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister; Bhupinder Singh Hooda former Haryana Chief Minister -- both had a two-term chief ministership in their respective States.

The other name is Kamal Nath, who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh recently and has also been the Union Minister many times in the Centre. The fourth person is Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir.

Sources say that Kamal Nath is likely to be appointed as a working president as he has vast experience and has good working relations with most of the political parties, including Left, Trinamool and NCP. He has been seen as a person with a good networking within the political set up, including those parties which are at fence.

Kamal Nath has been meeting Sonia Gandhi more frequently since the demise of veteran Ahmed Patel and had been instrumental in organising a meeting between the G-23 and Sonia Gandhi last December.

Bhupinder Singh Hooda was one of the signatories in the letter written to Sonia Gandhi last year in which Ghulam Nabi Azad was also a signatory. (IANS)

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