Exclusive: When Rahul Gandhi had to apologise to Bengal Congress stalwart Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Bengal Congress stalwart Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been very open about his shock removal from the post of state party chief.
The Berhampore MP has repeatedly said that he was not even informed by the central leadership about his removal.
So when Congress chief Rahul Gandhi visited Bengal recently, sulking Chowdhury directly confronted him.
Party sources said that he complained about the reshuffle and asked why he was not informed?
Gandhi also acknowledged it said that the way in which the reshuffle was carried out was not right.
According to sources, Gandhi said ‘I apologise’ to Chowdhury.
From Punjab to Bengal, I have worked all my life to strengthen the organization, Chowdhury said at the meeting.
Gandhi was seen questioning Bengal Congress in-charge Gaurav Gogoi about the Chowdhury’s complaint.
In a major shake-up of the Congress' West Bengal unit ahead of 2019 polls, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Septemeber 21st had appointed Somendra Nath Mitra as the president of the party's West Bengal unit, replacing Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Chowdhury has been named chairman of the party's campaign committee in the state. Pradeep Bhattacharya has been named chairman of the party's coordination committee in the state.
Gandhi also named four working presidents of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee - Sankar Malakar, Nepal Mahato, Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury and Deepa Dasmunsi. Abhijeet Mukherjee has been appointed chairman of the manifesto committee, and Amitabha Chakraborty named as chairperson outreach and communication. Subhankar Sarkar and Santosh Pathak have been named conveners of the coordination committee and manifesto committee respectively.
There were rumours that Chowdhury was in touch with some senior leaders of the BJP.
Just after the reshuffle, Chowdhury had said that, ‘I would tell them (the AICC) to appoint someone else as chairman of that committee.’
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