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CWC reshuffle unlikely to have major impact in Kerala, but could disturb delicate balance. Tharoor's induction likely strategic move to quell ambitions. Antony retained, Muraleedharan, Venugopal, Suresh special invitees. No new members from Christian/Muslim community. Congress must nurture Tharoor, promote a face to survive in Kerala.

BJP leaders trying to do politics in Cauvery issue due to election loss; CWC asked State to release 10,000 cusecs; TN sought 24,000 cusecs; SC approached for relief; BJP trying to cover up their sorry state by doing politics; people sent them home due to 40% commission govt; Kumaraswamy's statement…

-group loyalists suggested that Congress accommodated strident critics of the party in the CWC while side-lining Mr. Chennithala, who had “never deviated from the high command’s line”.

Sachin Pilot's appointment to CWC signals end to rift in Rajasthan's ruling party. His inclusion in highest decision-making body of Congress, along with six other leaders, is expected to pacify his supporters & strengthen party's election campaign.

The constitution of the new Congress Working Committee is largely representative of the geographical and social expanse of India

AICC's move to elevate Tharoor & Pilot to CWC, overlook inner-party criticism & ensure Antony's continuation, signals generational shift & political gambit to deny dissenters incentive to defect. It made KPCC's struggle for like-mindedness more onerous.

The Hindu Evening Wrap on August 20, 2023

Former Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Raghuveera Reddy has been inducted into the party’s top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC). After the bifurcation of the State in 2014, Mr. Raghuveera Reddy served as Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president for nearly five years, but he quit the post…

No one from the Telangana Congress found a place in the 39-member Congress Working Committee, as leaders were expecting to be part of the CWC constituted ahead of the polls in Telangana along with four other States at the end of this year

The new Congress Working Committee has been announced nearly six months after Mallikarjun Kharge was authorised to nominate members to the CWC at the Raipur plenary session on February 24.

The mournful silence along Sainj valley, about 50 kilometres from Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu, is broken only by the rumble of the Pin Parvati river and bulldozers in the distance. Bustling settlements have now been replaced by silt and boulders – brought on by the recent floods – and their inhabitants…