Congress removes Digvijaya as party in charge of Goa, K'taka

April 29, 2017 20:34

The Congress has removed Digvijaya Singh as the party in charge of Goa and Karnataka.

A Chella Kumar has now been given charge of Goa while KC Venugopal has been appointed in charge of Karnataka.

The move comes after the Goa fiasco where Congress failed to form government and ahead of assembly elections in Karnataka to be held in 2018.

Digivijaya had come in for a lot of criticism after the Congress failed to form the government in Goa, despite the party emerging as the single largest party in the assembly elections.

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