NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi has sacked a Congress leader from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's team in Uttar Pradesh within a day of his appointment on the request of Priyanka.  Rahul’s sister requested to his brother to drop him from the team as the party faced flak on social media over his involvement in a paper leak case.

As per reports,  Kumar Ashish was accused of leaking a question paper in an exam in Bihar in 2005 and was expelled by the Congress when he was arrested. He rejoined the party later and had even contested the Bihar polls.

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According to the party source, "When this information reached Priyanka Gandhi, she asked for his replacement and Congress President Rahul Gandhi accepted her request and replaced him with Sachin Naik.”

The opposition party and others had criticised the appointment of Kumar Ashish on social media. He was in a team of six secretaries for Uttar Pradesh -- three each for Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has been tasked with handling the campaign in western UP. Zubair Khan and Bajirao Khade are the two others in Priyanka Gandhi's team.

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In a statement congress said, "Congress president Rahul Gandhi has cancelled the appointment of Kumar Ashish as AICC secretary attached with Priyanka Gandhi, general secretary for UP-East, with immediate effect," said a Congress statement last night.