Sleaze CD row: Day after speaking for Cong,party drops Singhvi

The new list issued to the television channels by the AICC today retains all previous names except that of Singhvi.

In a statement,he had said,”I have done this only to prevent even slightest possible Parliamentary disruption regarding the purported CDs being circulated about me. Since I am a disciplined party soldier,I did not think it fit to subject the party to any inconvenience on this account. All allegations are patently baseless and false.”

Party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi had then described his resignation as a “right step”. His name was,however,not omitted then from the 19-member panel of party leaders authorised to participate in discussions on news channels.

Also,the board bearing his name and his designation as Chairman of AICC Legal and Human Rights Department,has also been removed at party headquarters. His name now also stands deleted from the official website of Congress http://www.aicc.org.in.

The website only mentions the name of KC Mittal as Secretary of the particular department. His name already does not find a mention on the newly-installed board outside the media office in which Manish Tewari,Renuka Chowdhary and Rashid Alvi are named as party spokespersons.

The list of Congress panelists for TV interactions has several union ministers,party spokespersons and MPs.

“Following persons have been authorised to participate in panel discussion in your esteemed channels on behalf of Indian National Congress from today,” the new circular said.

The list has names of Ghulam Nabi Azad,Ambika Soni,Pawan Kumar Bansal,CP Joshi,Jairam Ramesh,Rajiv Shukla,Ashwini Kumar,Jayanthi Natarajan (all union ministers),Girija Vyas,Rashid Alvi,Renuka Chowdhary,Manish Tewari (spokespersons) and party leaders Mohan Prakash,P C Chacko,Shakeel Ahmed,Raj Babbar,Sanjay Nirupam and Satyavrat Chaturvedi.