Kharge forms 47- member steering committee, replaces CWC

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has formed a steering committee with 47 members including Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. The committee will function in place of the Congress's Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, and function till the plenary session is held. New members of the Working Committee will be chosen at the next AICC (All-India Congress Committee) session. Most of the members of the last CWC were retained in the committee that was announced hours after Kharge took over as the new party Congress president. Shashi Tharoor, who contested against Kharge in the recently concluded election for the Congress president's post, is, however, missing from the list.

The Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has constituted the Steering Committee which would function in place of the Congress Working Committee.

Senior party leaders including former PM Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others are the members of the Committee. pic.twitter.com/pbAQrlecZE

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Earlier,the members of the Congress Working Committee stepped down. This is part of the convention when a new chief is elected, to enable him to choose his team.  As per Article XV (b) of the Constitution of the Indian National Congress, the Congress president has constituted the Steering Committee which would function in place of the Congress Working Committee, AICC general secretary (organisation), KC Venugopal said in a statement. order.