Rahul Gandhi (File photo)

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday constituted the Congress Working Committee , dropping several senior leaders including Digvijaya Singh, Janardan Dwivedi, Kamal Nath, Sushilkumar Shinde, Mohan Prakash and CP Joshi from the top body.

This the first CWC formed by the Congress chief after assuming charge of the party in December last year.

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi , former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Motilal Vora, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, AK Antony, Ahmed Patel and Ambika Soni will continue to be in the CWC.

The Congress president has included former chief ministers Ashok Gehlot, Oomen Chandy, Tarun Gogoi, Siddharamaiah, Harish Rawat in the new CWC.

Congress leaders Sheila Dikshit, P Chidambaram, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Balasaheb Thorat, Tariq Hameed Karra are among the permanent invitees to the CWC.

(With inputs from PTI)

