New Delhi, August 27

In a sign to dissenters, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as we speak accepted a five-member technique committee within the Rajya Sabha, elevating MPs Gaurav Gogoi and Ravneet Bittu as Deputy Leader and Whip of the Lok Sabha.

Jairam Ramesh would be the Chief Whip within the RS. The five-member technique group will comprise Ramesh, Ahmed Patel and KC Venugopal moreover Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad and Deputy Leader Anand Sharma.

Azad and Sharma had been each signatories to the dissent letter. Bittu’s elevation is seen as a sign to Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari, one other signatory to the letter.

Okay Suresh from Kerala is social gathering’s Chief Whip within the LS and Manickam Tagore the opposite Whip. Bittu and Gogoi’s elevations mark a generational shift within the social gathering. — TNS