A day after senior party leader Harish Rawat was given free hand for the upcoming elections in Uttarakhand following a meeting with former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday approved a proposal to attach Kuldeep Indora (AICC secretary attached with General Secretary Madhya Pradesh) with in-charge of Uttarakhand Devender Yadav till the forthcoming elections in the State.
Indora will continue to hold his existing charge, the party said.
The additional appointment was done by the party to ease out the strain between Rawat and Yadav which had led the former to express his anguish on social media and even threatening to the extent to quit politics which could have been a major setback for the party looking for fortunes in the Himalayan state.
Congress also appointed Rajesh Lilothia as chairman of the party's Scheduled Castes Department, replacing Nitin Raut.
Sonia Gandhi also appointed K Raju as coordinator to oversee the activities of the All India Congress Committee's (AICC's) SC/OBC/Minority Departments and All India Adivasi Congress with immediate effect.
"The party appreciates the contributions of outgoing chairman, SC Department, Dr Nitin Raut," a statement issued by AICC general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, read.
The Congress chief also set up a three-member disciplinary action committee for Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee with Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan as its chairman, and N Azhakesan and Arifa Sainuddin as members.