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Kumari Selja quits as Union Minister, to work for Congress

New Delhi:  Kumari Selja, who has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha, has quit the Union Council of Ministers to work in the party.Selja, who held Social Justice and Empowerment portfolio since October 2012, submitted

Congress sources said that the Union Minister is being drafted for party work for the next Lok Sabha polls.
 
The party high command is in search of a PCC chief for the state to replace Phulchand Mulana. Earlier the name of young party Ashok Tanwar, also a Dalit was doing rounds for the PCC post.

She has been active politics since 1990 and was first elected in 1991. She is a four term Lok Sabha MP. A section in the party believes that she could be accommodated in AICC.  Selja is Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.

She is the daughter of former Union Minister Chaudhary Dalbir Singh. She was a Lok Sabha member from Ambala and had earlier represented Sirsa. A prominent Dalit face of the party in Haryana, she had been more active in the politics of Centre.