Punjab polls: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Manish Tewari’s names missing from Congress star campaigners’ list

Ghulam Nabi Azad and Manish Tewari are among the prominent members of the G-23 who had written to Congress leadership seeking an overhaul and have been questioning the leadership.

New Delhi: Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Lok Sabha MP from the state Manish Tewari are not among the party's star campaigners for the February 20 assembly election in Punjab.

The Congress released its list of 30 'star campaigners' for Punjab, which includes Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Rahul Gandhi.

Azad and Tewari are among the prominent members of the G-23 who had written to party leadership seeking an overhaul and have been questioning the leadership. Azad was also recently conferred with Padma Bhushan by the government of India.