Congress removes M Veerappa Moily as chairman of the Congress media department for making refuting remarks to Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Friday.All India Congress Committe (AICC) General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi is the replacement of Moily.
Moily's removal is believed to be due to the displeasure of the party high command over his statement against Nitish Kumar, who was wooed by the party leader Rahul Gandhi.
Moily's made a statement that Congress is not going to "make a hero" of Nitish Kumar.
He even said, "I do not thing Congress is going to make a hero of Nitish Kumar, the manner in which he has aligned with BJP and is carrying on...that kind of pollution of his secular credentials with the communal."
When asked about the Congress' decision to relieve him of his charge, Moily said that he had given the charge to Dwivedi as he would be away in Karnataka till May 17. He is also contesting elections from Chikkballapur, Karnataka.
Yesterday, Moily first attacked Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and LJP Chief Ramvilas Paswan in the wake of reports that they were not attending the meeting of the Union Cabinet but later said that they were part of the UPA and would be back in a UPA government.
The sources said Moily had earlier created such an awkward situation for the party too.
Moily, had handed over the charge to Dwivedi last month when he went to Karnataka and had resumed the responsibilities only last week.
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