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New Delhi, August 27
In a signal to dissenters, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today approved a five-member strategy committee in the Rajya Sabha, elevating MPs Gaurav Gogoi and Ravneet Bittu as Deputy Leader and Whip of the Lok Sabha.
Jairam Ramesh will be the Chief Whip in the RS. The five-member strategy group will comprise Ramesh, Ahmed Patel and KC Venugopal besides Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad and Deputy Leader Anand Sharma.
Azad and Sharma were both signatories to the dissent letter. Bittu's elevation is seen as a signal to Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari, another signatory to the letter.
K Suresh from Kerala is party's Chief Whip in the LS and Manickam Tagore the other Whip. Bittu and Gogoi's elevations mark a generational shift in the party. — TNS
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