Senior Congress leader PC Chacko is likely to get the charge of Delhi Congress affairs in the national Capital. He is expected to replace AICC general secretary Shakeel Ahmad who is proceeding on a long vacation to Canada.
Political circles are agog about former Deputy Speaker of Delhi Assembly and JD(U) MlA Shoaib Iqbal may join Congress while two former Congress MlAs shift allegiance to BJP ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls. A five-time legislator from Matia Mahal, Iqbal has recently met senior Congress leaders and expressed his desire to join the party. Congress president Sonia Gandhi is said to have given her green signal to the JD(U) MlA for the same. It may be noted that Iqbal’s son is a municipal councillor from Turkman Gate and his nephew is the municipal body’s member from Jama Masjid.
Top sources told The Pioneer that Chacko may replace Shakeel Ahmad as in charge of Delhi Congress in the national Capital. Ahmad is going to Canada from December 25 for two months. The names of former Minister and senior Congress leader Mukul Wasnik and BK Hariprasad were also doing the rounds for in charge of Delhi Congress affairs.
According to sources, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has also given her consent to appoint Chacko as the party’s in-charge of Delhi affairs after Ahmad’s request for two-month leave to visit his relatives in Canada has been granted. Ahmed was made in-charge of the party’s affairs in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Union Territory of Chandigarh in June last year. The formal announcement about Chacko, former MP from Thrissur lok Sabha seat in Kerala, taking charge of party’s Delhi affairs will be made shortly.
In another development, former Deputy Speaker of Delhi Assembly and five-time MlA from Matia Mahal, Shoaib Iqbal may join the Congress party. Iqbal has recently met senior Congress leaders and expressed his desire to join the party. Congress president Sonia Gandhi is said to have given her green signal to JD(U) MlAs joining the party.