Kamat urges Sonia to relieve him of all party responsibilities

Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat on Thursday said he has requested party president Sonia Gandhi to relieve him of the responsibilities of Rajasthan.

In a letter to Gandhi on Thursday, Kamat said he was grateful to her for relieving him of the charge of Gujarat. "Am truly grateful but

to Gandhi on Thursday, Kamat said he was grateful to her for relieving him of the charge of Gujarat. "Am truly grateful but suprised that the AICC spokesman yesterday announced that I continue to be the general secretary in charge of Rajasthan," he said.

"I had written to you 'my heart is not in the job any more.' Please relieve me from Rajasthan and other positions also," he said in a release here quoting the letter. Yesterday, Congress appointed former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as its general secretary in-charge for Gujarat in place of Kamat, who had welcomed the decision.

He, however, refuted reports that he was planning to join the BJP.