Sonia Gandhi reconstitutes Congress’ Parliamentary groups

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has reconstituted the parliamentary groups in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Senior faces such as former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Manish Tewari, Ambika Soni and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh have been included. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, chief of the party's Bengal branch, will remain the party's leader in the Lok Sabha, while Gaurav Gogoi retains his position as deputy leader of the house. K Suresh was able to retain his position as chief whip in the Lok Sabha; while Ravneet Singh Bittu and Manickam Tagore held on to their positions as party whips in the reconstituted seven-member Lok Sabha group.

In the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge is the leader of the house, while Anand Sharma retained his position of the deputy leader. Jairam Ramesh has been named chief whip in the upper house. Ambika Soni, P Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh and KC Venugopal make up the other members of this group. These groups will meet daily during the session and can meet during the inter-session periods as well where Parliament issues are concerned. The latest reshuffle in the parliamentary teams come just a day before the monsoon session of Parliament starts on Monday.