Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken appointed Rajasthan Congress in-charge  

Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken will be the new AICC general secretary in charge of Rajasthan , who has replaced Avinash Pandey after the political crisis in the state. However, the issues were sorted out by the intervention of senior party leaders in Delhi.

On the urging of Sachin Pilot, a three-member committee was constituted to look into the complaints registered by him and his team. This team includes Ajay Maken, Ahmed Patel and K. C. Venugopal.

With the induction of Maken in the three-member committee, Congress workers looked hopeful and said that Maken worked hard during the recent crisis and collected feedback from the MLAs which was sent to the high command.

Maken has an old association with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as the latter was General Secretary of the Congress when Maken was a MP from Delhi.

Being the Chairman of the Screening Committee of Rajasthan in 2013, he has been in touch with most of the MLAs and office-bearers of the Rajasthan Congress.

Maken has also been a Union Minister in the UPA Government.

(This report is being republished with correction in the headline. The earlier published story had erroneously mentioned that Mr Ajay Maken had been appointed the state Congress chief in Rajasthan. The error in the headline is deeply regretted.)