Digvijaya Singh shunted out, R C Khuntia made as new Telangana Congress in charge

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was shunted out as in-charge of Telangana Congress on Tuesday. R C Khuntia has been made the new Telangana in charge general secretary while Karnataka politician Satish Jarkiholi has been made the secretary.

Following disappointment over Digvijaya Singh's leadership within the Telangana Congress, AICC president Sonia Gandhi relieved Digvijaya Singh of his responsibilities in Telangana.

Earlier, following the Congress' inability to gather numbers to form the government in Goa, Singh was replaced as the in-charge general secretary. At the same time, the Congress removed him from the post of Karnataka in charge as well owing to demand from the local leaders and appointed K C Venugopal in his place. Digvijaya Singh had been indulging in Twitter fights over Telangana minister K T Rama Rao much to the embarrassment of the party.