AHMED Patel Appointed AICC Treasurer
BEFORE departing for Germany and the United Kingdom, AICC President Rahul Gandhi appointed senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel from Gujarat as the party’s Treasurer and another senior Rajya Sabha Member Anand Sharma as the chairperson of its Foreign Affairs Department. Sharma replaces Dr Karan Singh, former Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Minister. Former Goa Congress chief Luizinho Faleiro was appointed General Secretary in-charge of Northeast states minus Assam, while former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was made permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee. Patel, who was political secretary to United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, replaced Motilal Vora as the party treasurer. Ninety years old Vora is an ex- Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Uttar Pradesh .A new post has been created to accommodate the trusted Congress leaders who is also a Rajya Sabha Member .He will work Rahul Gandhi as General Secretary (Administration). Faleiro replaced C.P. Joshi from Rajasthan. Joshi’s services will be utilised for the coming assembly elections in his home state, it is learnt.