WBPCC wants Dasmunsi as PCC President

New Delhi, August 4: A three-member Congress delegation from the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) led by former Calcutta Mayor Subroto Mukherjee yesterday called on the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and requested her to appoint the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi as the PCC President.

It would place the party in a proper footing against the Left Front in the coming Panchayat election, he told Ms Gandhi.

Later, talking to newsmen, Mr Mukherjee said it would also help the party to set up a parallel leadership against the Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.

Ms Gandhi listened to their demand patiently for nearly 20 minutes and said she will take the appropriate decision when the time will come, he said.

The other members in the team included Abdul Mannan and Debabroto Basu.

UNI