Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was removed as the party's West Bengal president, Friday expressed reservations in taking up the post of chairman of the party's state campaign committee.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday appointed Somendra Nath Mitra as the president of the party's West Bengal unit, replacing Chowdhury.
Chowdhury said he was not aware of the changes made by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and came to know about it from the media.
"The AICC did what they felt right. I have nothing to say. I had earlier told Rahul Gandhi that if he feels that I am unable to perform, he can appoint someone else," he told PTI.
"I would tell them (the AICC) to appoint someone else as chairman of that committee," he said.
In a major shake-up in the West Bengal Congress unit, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi appointed Mitra as its president, replacing Chowdhury, who was made the chairman of the party's campaign committee in the state, according to an AICC statement.
When asked whether he would continue in the Congress, Chowdhury declined to reply.
Pradip Bhattacharya has been named the chairman of the party's coordination committee in the state.
Gandhi also named four working presidents of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee - Sankar Malakar, Nepal Mahato, Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury and Deepa Dasmunsi.
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