Congress removes Bihar Chief Ashok Choudhary

The Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has removed Ashok Choudhary from the post of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, BPCC, President with immediate effect. 

With his removal, all the the BPCC committees have been stand dissolved. BPCC vice President Kaukab Quadri has been made working President till the new state party President is named. 

The removal of Ashok



Choudhary has come amid reports that the party high command was unhappy with him and leaders of his faction when they had allegedly made an abortive bid to split the party after Nitish Kumar led Janta Dal (United) walked out of the Grand Alliance and formed the Government with the BJP led coalition in the state.

Congress has 27 MLAs in the 243 member Bihar assembly.