Ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday reconstituted the party’s parliamentary groups, bringing in Manish Tewari and Shashi Tharoor in the Lok Sabha group and senior leaders like P Chidambaram, Ambika Soni and Digvijaya Singh in the Rajya Sabha group. Sonia also signalled that Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will continue as the leader of the party in Lok Sabha. Sonia had in August last year elevated two-term MP from Assam Gaurav Gogoi as the party’s deputy leader in Lok Sabha and Punjab MP Ravneet Singh Bittu as the whip. On Sunday, she included both Tewari and Tharoor in the Lok Sabha group headed by Chowdhury. Sonia, in the appointment letter, said the groups are meant to facilitate and ensure effective functioning of the party in both Houses of Parliament.

Source: Indian Express July 18, 2021 21:31 UTC