NEW DELHI, 24 February (H.S.) : After continuous defeats,

Congress has finally started considering a plan to create a strong election

management system. Congress is now thinking to pass the baton to the new

generation, a big changes is awaiting.

AK Antony, Ambika Soni,

Jairam Ramesh, Mukul Wasnik and Anand Sharma are being removed due to their

increasing age. Antony, 84, has been inactive and away from politics since

leaving Delhi in 2022. His son Anil's joining BJP also became a cause of

embarrassment for him. However, Ambika Soni has remained active even at the age

of 82. She played an important role in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir

Assembly elections. It is a different matter that the poor performance of

Congress in Jammu region was blamed on the wrong selection of party candidates.

Like Antony, Ambika Soni is also considered close to Sonia Gandhi. Ambika had

tremendous influence in the ‘Sonia era’ from 1998 to 2022. Many leaders like

Kamal Nath, Salman Khurshid, Kumari Shailaja and Pawan Bansal were considered

to be from the Sonia camp. According to sources, within the last few days, 3

senior leaders Ramesh Chennithala, Randeep Surjewala and Kumari Shailaja have

submitted their resignations from the post of general secretaries to the high

command. They are expecting to be given an important role in their states

Kerala and Haryana.

The removal of Rajeev

Shukla from the post of General Secretary has seen surprise and some

disappointment within the party. Rajiv, a journalist turned politician and then

cricket administrator, is a person who has the ability to adapt himself to

every leadership of the party. Some Congress leaders believe that Shukla may

soon make a big comeback and occupy some prestigious post. It is believed that

he has the patronage of Priyanka Gandhi and the Chief Minister of Himachal

Pradesh.

Jairam Ramesh will also

bid farewell. Jairam Ramesh, head of the communication department of AICC, is

being considered for the post of General Secretary of Congress Parliamentary

Party (CPP). Presently Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of CPP. The main

responsibility of setting the positive narrative lies with the communication

department. The Congress leadership feels that in the recently held assembly

elections in Delhi, Maharashtra and Haryana, Jairam Ramesh failed to set a

narrative that would have helped in the party's victory. Which would be helpful

in the victory of the party. It is also believed within the party that due to

the inefficiency of the communication department, 'Brand Rahul Gandhi' could

not be presented properly after the general elections, which caused huge damage

to the image of the Leader of Opposition. Apart from this, the long-running

tussle between Jairam Ramesh's media committee chairman Pawan Kheda and social

media head Supriya Shrinet is also not hidden from anyone in the party. In

fact, both Kheda and Shrinet are considering themselves to be the frontrunners

in the race for the post of General Secretary of Communications as the

successor of Jairam Ramesh. According to party sources, the baton may pass to

Priyanka Gandhi.

Hindusthan Samachar / Meenakshi Bhattacharya