Chhattisgarh Congress undergoes organisational changes; adopts 'one leader one post' formula

Amid the ongoing political tussle in the ruling party in Chhattisgarh, Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday introduced four additional office-bearers in the party's state unit, while also replacing four vice presidents, three general secretaries and the head of the communication department as a part of organisational change.

According to sources, the changes were made following the "One Leader One Post" formula. The leaders were replaced because of their induction in the recently constituted boards in the state as members or chairpersons.

The four vice presidents, namely Girish Devangan, Atal Shrivastava, Bhanu Pratap Singh, and Padma Manhar have now been replaced by Arun Singhania, PR Khunte, Ambika Markam and Vani Rao.

Vasudev Yadav, Amarjeet Chawala, and Sumitra Dhritlahre have also replaced three General Secretaries-- Dwarka Prasad Yadav, Uttam Vasudev, and Pankaj Sharma in the Chhattisgarh Congress. The head of the communication department Shailesh Nitin Trivedi has also been replaced by Sushil Anand Shukla under the new changes.

Notably, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was appointed as the AICC senior observer for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Speculations about the change of Chief Minister in Chhattisgarh have been doing the rounds for the past few weeks. Due to these speculations, many of the state MLAs are stationed in Delhi.

After the Bhupesh Baghel-led government completed two-and-a-half years in office in June, the supporters of TS Singh Deo raised the issue of rotational chief ministership.

Congress won the assembly polls held in December 2018 with a thumping majority. Then, the state Congress president Baghel was made the chief minister. TS Singh Deo was the head of the manifesto committee in the election.

( With inputs from ANI )