Rahul Gandhi transforms Congress party’s highest decision-making body

The Congress party and its president Rahul Gandhi has brought back the party’s highest-decision making body.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body. Senior leaders like Janardhan Dwivedi, Digvijaya Singh, CP Joshi, BK Hariprasad, Jairam Ramesh and former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde have made way for young people like Jyotiraditya Scindhia, Deependra Hooda, and Jitin Prasada.

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Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has also been included as a member.  P Chidambaram has made a permanent invitee he was earlier a member.

The first meeting of the CWC will be held on July 22.  The committee was dissolved prior to the election of the Congress president.