Over a month after Somen Mitra’s death, the race for the next West Bengal Congress unit president has gathered momentum. Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Abdul Mannan, has written to party president Sonia Gandhi, urging her to appoint Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury the next state Congress chief.
“I will make an earnest request to you to appoint Adhir Chowdhury MP as the president of WBPCC and allow him to continue as the Leader of Congress Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha simultaneously. To fight and defeat both BJP and TMC in the ensuing West Bengal…