Kharge all set to constitute his new team

Challenges galore for the Congress president.

- AJIT MAINDOLA

Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge is likely to constitute his long-awaited new team next week. In fact, it continues to be a tough and challenging job for Kharge to carry out this exercise.

He could not announce his new team earlier because of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and some state Assembly elections. Who should be in and who should be out? This is the real challenge for Kharge. Undeniably, Kharge is dependent on former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for any big changes he intends to make. It seems the Gandhi scion is calling the shots even now.

Needless to say, General Secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K.C. Venugopal are the most powerful leaders after Rahul Gandhi in the Congress. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is looking to establish herself at the national level.

It will be interesting to see whether Priyanka Gandhi Vadra continues to be incharge of UP or she is given some other responsibility.

She is unlikely to remain UP in-charge, given the party's miserable performance so far in the largest Hindi belt state under her supervision.