Sadhu on Bihar polls publicity committee
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s controversial brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav has been given a place in the publicity committee of the Congress in poll-bound Bihar.
On the other hand, Mr Ranjit Ranjan, wife of Mr Pappu Yadav — convicted for the murder of a CPI(M) MLA in Bihar — will look after media affairs as vice-chairman of the media committee.
Another controversial politician who figures in the list released by the Congress on Wednesday is Lovely Anand, wife of former MP Anand Mohan Singh convicted for the murder of an IAS officer in Muzaffarpur. She has been made a member of the manifesto committee.
All the three are former MPs but are recent entrants into the Congress.
In March, the Congress had suspended Anirudh Prasad, alias Sadhu Yadav, for his alleged violation of the party’s stand on the Women’s Reservation Bill. The party later withdrew the suspension.
After the removal of the former PCC chief and AICC in-charge for poll-bound Bihar last month, the Congress central leadership also dissolved the PCC executive and team of office bearers of the state unit.
The last PCC executive had more than 550 members and had generated controversies as the castes of all the leaders had been mentioned in the list, including that of Speaker Meira Kumar.
Party sources indicated that no new executive would be constituted in the run-up to the election and the committees formed today would look after the party affairs in the months preceding the polls.
The please-all list of the committees has names of all former PCC chiefs, former party MPs and important leaders of different communities but has axed the supporters of the last PCC chief Anil Sharma.
The party has constituted fresh committees for election, coordination, manifesto committee, media and publicity.
The Assembly elections are to be held in next few months as the term of the current state Assembly expires on November 23.
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