Amarsinh Chaudhary is PCC chief

By Our Special Correspondent

AHMEDABAD, JUNE 9. The former Chief Minister and presently Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Mr. Amarsinh Chaudhary, has been appointed president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee.

Mr. Chaudhary was informed about his appointment when he called on the party's national president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, in Delhi this morning, according to a GPCC spokesman here. A copy of his appointment order, signed by the AICC general secretary and in- charge of Gujarat affairs, Mr. Kamal Nath, was send to the senior PCC vice president and party spokesman, Mr Hasmukh Patel.

Mr Chaudhary's appointment brings to an end the uncertainty prevailing in the Congress circle here since the post fell vacant with the death of Mr C. D. Patel in February. The appointment was preceded by intense groupism within the party with more than half-a-dozen aspirants staking their claims for the post.

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