Gandhi Parivar's 'Special 6', on whose advice the Congress will now run

The letter bombing by the 'Group-23' of senior leaders caused a stir in the Congress Working Committee meeting on August 24. In view of that controversy, it was decided in the CWC that a special committee would be constituted to assist Sonia Gandhi. As part of which, Sonia Gandhi on Friday announced a six-member special advisory committee. In this committee, instead of the senior leaders who have raised their voices very eloquently, the people who are considered very close to the Gandhi family have been given a place. However, Mukul Wasnik, one of the leaders who wrote the letter, has been made a member of the committee.

Who created the Consultative Congress

, including Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, party organization and functional affairs aide of Gandhi family confidant-member special committee has made to contribute, AK Antony, Ambika Soni, KC Venugopal, Mukul Wasnik and Randeep Detail.

Ahmed Patel

Ahmed Patel is considered one of Sonia Gandhi's closest and most trusted fighters. Patel's opinion is important in every small matter connected with the party. He has been Sonia Gandhi's political advisor. Whenever there is a crisis in the party, Ahmed Patel is in the role of troublemaker.

AK Antony

Former Union Minister AK Antony is known as a trusted ally of the Gandhi family. This is the reason why the person whom Sonia Gandhi trusted for her review after her crushing defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was AK Antony. However, it is different that even in 2019, the Congress had to face losses. Antony was close to Indira Gandhi but in the 80's he split from the Congress and formed his own party. Indira was furious with Nayanar for joining the then Left government led by him. But Antony later merged his party into Congress, although Antony did not hold any important position in the organization. Later, the relationship between Antony and the Gandhi family not only improved but became stronger over time.

Ambika Soni

6-member special committee formed by Ambika Soni Sonia also includes Ambika Soni's name. His family's relationship with the Gandhi family is very old. Indira Gandhi brought him to the Congress. His father Nakul Sen Wadhwa was a bureaucrat and was counted among the officials close to Jawaharlal Nehru. Like

Casey Venugopal

Antony, Venugopal is from Kerala. His closeness to the Gandhi family is evident from the fact that when the Ashok Gehlot government of the Congress got into trouble in Rajasthan, Venugopal was one of the people sent by the party to address the crisis in Rajasthan. He is considered close to Rahul Gandhi. When Rahul Gandhi became the Congress president in 2017, he made Venugopal in charge of a big state like Karnataka. Apart from this, he has been in charge of the party's war room during several elections.

Randeep Surjewala

is very close to the Gandhi family who defeated veteran leader like Om Prakash Chautala twice in the Assembly elections when he was the Chief Minister of Haryana. This is the reason why his position in the party has not diminished even after losing the last assembly elections in Haryana and the by-elections before that. Surjewala is seen to be in favor of the party on important issues. Surjewala was also part of the team that sent Sonia Gandhi from Delhi to Jaipur to resolve the Rajasthan crisis.

Mukul Wasnik

Mukal Wasnik is considered a staunch Dalit leader of the Congress. He is also considered close to the Gandhi family. However, he was among 23 top leaders who wrote letters on the issue of leadership. He is the only letter-writing leader to have been included in Sonia's special advisory committee. Apart from that, he has also been given charge of Madhya Pradesh. Wasnik previously held several states.