Haryana may see early elections
Elections to Haryana assembly likely to be held in November.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the Lok Sabha election verdict, the government may advance assembly polls in Haryana. If all goes according to plan, elections to the Haryana assembly would be held along with those of Jharkhand and Maharashtra, that are slated for November.
In preparation, Congress is set to undertake a major organisational reshuffle after June 10. In the meantime the search is also on to fill gubernatorial posts, with vacancies arising in the Raj Bhavans in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Apart from the need to prepare for state elections, Congress would like to use the reshuffle to tap into the ���vast talent��� pool available to the party and to bring in fresh faces into the organisation. Given that the party is keen to opt ���one person, one post��� formula as far as possible, four posts of general secretaries will fall vacant.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mukul Wasnik, Prithviraj Chavan and V Narayanasamy, who are currently general secretaries, have been inducted into the council of ministers. Several key leaders like A K Antony, Pranab Mukherjee also hold important party posts. The Congress leadership may have to rework the workload for these senior leaders.
Party sources indicated that track record would be essential while determining whether any additional charge can be given.
The Congress leadership is keen to give representation to states which have not been given adequate space in the council of ministers. Efforts would be made to ensure that the organisation reflects the changing leadership as well. The party would also like to accommodate senior leaders who haven���t found a ministerial berth. Sources indicated that the 70-plus leadership of the party will not be given any active organisational charge. They could, however, be members of the working committee.
There is a possibility of increasing the number of general secretaries, from the current strength of nine. Sources indicated that this could go up to 12.
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