Today's Witness Wednesday, 02 July 2025, 07:56 AM, ( Updated at 11:30 AM Daily)
political
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Sunil Kanugolu is in charge of analysis and takes care of the party work of Telangana and Karnataka. Source says senior leaders of the party were not in favour to give him such important responsibility based upon his past performance that's too of two important states going for elections soon source says. Ignoring all advice Rahul Gandhi trusted him. He is also taken in the core committee constituted to look after the arrangements of Bharat Jodo Yatra source says. Kanugolu is in full form and one day he telephoned to D K Shivkumar and asked him to rush to Delhi for a review meeting source says Shivakumar said in reply to arrange a meeting on Zoom call to save the full day because the meeting will be of one-hour maximum but coming and going back will waste an entire day and precious time. Probably this was not liked by Kanugolu and he reported the matter to Rahul Gandhi. Source says immediately Gandhi rang Shivakumar and said you should have listened to Kanugolu. A senior leader of Karnataka who stood in all thick and thin with the party despite much trouble to him in person couldn’t take it and retorted that the differences between him and Mrs Sonia Gandhi is much. Mrs Gandhi calls him a son and the way you are talking is entirely different source says. Probably this has brought K J George of Karnataka into the core group of the party. K J Gorge earlier worked with Late Rajeev Gandhi and Late Mrs Indira Gaandhi and had exposure to the work. He represents 2% Christians of the state and is also a dedicated worker but the source says he has been brought and being given importance in the Gandhi family probably to sideline Shivakumar. J George likely to be inducted as party General Secretary soon source says.