With Sonia back at the helm of affairs, Cong old guard reasserts itself

With Sonia Gandhi back as the Congress chief, the older guard has started to assert itself in the party. On Wednesday, senior leaders finally settled the leadership issue in the Haryana unit of the Congress. The party president named Kumari Selja as the state unit chief. She replaced youth leader Ashok Tanwar, considered close to Rahul Gandhi. Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was appointed Congress legislative party leader, which makes him the leader of the Opposition. He would also be the chairman of the election management committee of the party for the forthcoming Assembly polls. The Hooda camp