Tales from the dysfunctional Congress war room

October 10, 2013 17:12

Buzz from the corridors of power in New Delhi:

The Congress war room is now dysfunctional. No senior leader visits Bungalow 15 on Gurdwara Rekabganj Road where the war room is situated. Reason: Rahul Gandhi is not visiting this bungalow for security reasons. He has virtually shifted the war room to his residence on 12, Thuklaq Lane

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Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda has been given the responsibility of

projecting the party on social media. He is the only MP seen in the Congress war room. But he has a separate entrance, through the back. The main entrance cannot be used by anyone except Rahul Gandhi.

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Come November, Union minister Jairam Ramesh is likely to resign his ministerial position to wear the hat as Chief Operating Officer of the Congress war room.

Ramesh will have the task of connecting the older generation with the younger lot. Rahul Gandhi, it seems, is keen that Ramesh coordinate this.

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The Winter Session of Parliament is likely to be short -- just 15 days and 11 working days. Dates of the session will be decided once prime minister returns from his tour of Brunei and Indonesia. Possible date is after the announcement of poll results of five states on December 8.

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Senior ministers A K Antony and P Chidamabram will miss the first meeting of the Group of Ministers on Telangana on Friday. Antony is hospitalised and Chidambaram is in the United States.

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Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, chairman of the GoM on Telangana, stated that after the group meets on October 17 a policy document will be circulated to elicit public opinion. This will be a broader version of the terms of reference. Advertisements will be released in all Telugu dailies and television channels.

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