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Journalism of Courage
The Congress partys various departments and cells headed by prominent leaders remain non-functional. In the midst of a public debate on the Indo-Pak joint statement,for instance,the office of the partys foreign affairs department headed by Karan Singh was closed as usual. While Singh shows up for meetings of foreign delegates with Congress president Sonia Gandhi,he stays away from his one-room office at the AICC headquarters. The departments secretary Jayanthi Natarajan and joint secretary Ravni Thakur are also rarely seen in the office. Similarly,with Ajit Jogi going back to Chhattisgarh,there is no activity at the Scheduled Tribe department that he headed. The partys SC and OBC departments are doing no better. It is the same story with the Vichar Vibhag headed by Devendra Dwivedi,who was recently appointed Gujarat Governor. The chairman of the Kisan and Khet Mazdoor Congress,Shamsher Singh Surjewala,rarely visits his office. Party leaders point out that most of the heads of the AICC departments and cells want more high-profile assignments in the government.
