New Delhi, Kolkata:
With just a year to go for the Assembly polls, senior Congress leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has quit as West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president. Congress Legislature Party leader in West Bengal Assembly Manas Ranjan Bhunia has been appointed to the post.
Mukherjee, who was appointed as WBPCC chief in 2001, has been for quite sometime impressing upon the leadership to have a "full-time" president in view of the Assembly polls.
The announcement by Sonia Gandhi comes a day after Mukherjee held long parleys over dinner with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.