Congress strikes old-new steadiness in appointment of leaders to AICC from UP 

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: The Congress occasion has expressed its intent in fact correction in Uttar Pradesh by appointing leaders to the occasion’s highest decision-making physique—All India Congress Committee (AICC) — mindfully from the state placing a steadiness between the veterans and newcomers.

Even the caste issue has additionally been taken into consideration whereas making the appointments.

Having only one MP and two MLAs in Uttar Pradesh, the occasion appointed 170 elected and 53 co-opted members to AICC from the state on Monday forward of its plenary session in Raipur and the checklist was launched by Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday.

“The party has done a good balancing act by appointing a few veterans and giving due representation to the new blood in the AICC keeping in mind the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” mentioned a senior Congress chief.

As per the occasion insiders, the suggestions of the present UPCC chief Brijlal Khabri have additionally been taken into consideration whereas making the appointments from UP.

The new faces inducted in AICC included Alpana Nishad, the face of AICC normal Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s ‘Ladki hoon lad sakti hoon’ marketing campaign forward of the 2022 UP Assembly polls. Alpana was given ticket from Prayagraj however she did not make it to the meeting.

Similarly, the occasion additionally made Akhilesh Yadav, the state head of the occasion’s pupil wing NSUI, a member of AICC. Yadav had performed a outstanding position in spearheading a long-drawn protest in Allahabad University in opposition to price hikes and in addition led a starvation strike there.

Some new faces who accompanied Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in his just lately concluded Bharat Jodo Yatra have additionally discovered a spot in AICC. One such younger face is Akshay Kranti Veer from Prayagraj. Even the occasion candidate in 2022 polls from Sonbhadra — tribal chief Ramraj Gond, who had led an agitation in opposition to the Umbha village bloodbath in 2019 when 11 tribals have been massacred by the village head who belonged to Gujjar neighborhood over a land dispute, has been appointed to AICC. Gond had contested the 2022 polls from Obra on a Congress ticket however couldn’t win the seat.

A couple of new faces from Lucknow who made it to the AICC included former corporator Mukesh Chauhan, sitting corporator Mamta Chaudhary, occasion spokesperson Rafat Fatima, former head of social media Shiv Pandey and Pankaj Tiwari, together with Nakul Dubey, who just lately converted from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Both Brijlal Khabri and his predecessor Ajay Kumar Lallu – have additionally been included within the checklist.

Samajwadi Party turncoat Pankhuri Pathak together with Karishma Thakur and Muzaffarnagar district president Geeta Kakran has additionally been appointed to the occasion’s prestigious physique.

Besides sitting and former MPs, former MLAs and MLCs, additionally determine on the UP AICC checklist. They embody the occasion’s sitting MP from Rae Bareli Sonia Gandhi, former UPCC chief Raj Babbar, PL Punia, former MLA Pradeep Jain Aditya, Zafar Ali Naqvi, Nirmal Khatri, Pramod Tiwari, Imran Pratapgarhi and Rajesh Mishra.

The veteran lady leaders from UP — Mohsina Kidwai, Begum Noor Bano, and Louise Khurshid — have discovered a spot in AICC.

It additionally contains sitting MLAs Aradhana Mishra, who can also be Congress Legislature Party chief, and Virendra Chaudhary. Moreover, different former MLAs similar to Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Ajay Rai, Anugrah Narayan Singh from Prayagraj, former MLCs Vivek Bansal and Harish Bajpai have additionally been appointed to AICC. 

LUCKNOW: The Congress occasion has expressed its intent in fact correction in Uttar Pradesh by appointing leaders to the occasion’s highest decision-making physique—All India Congress Committee (AICC) — mindfully from the state placing a steadiness between the veterans and newcomers.

Even the caste issue has additionally been taken into consideration whereas making the appointments.

Having only one MP and two MLAs in Uttar Pradesh, the occasion appointed 170 elected and 53 co-opted members to AICC from the state on Monday forward of its plenary session in Raipur and the checklist was launched by Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday.

“The party has done a good balancing act by appointing a few veterans and giving due representation to the new blood in the AICC keeping in mind the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” mentioned a senior Congress chief.

As per the occasion insiders, the suggestions of the present UPCC chief Brijlal Khabri have additionally been taken into consideration whereas making the appointments from UP.

The new faces inducted in AICC included Alpana Nishad, the face of AICC normal Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s ‘Ladki hoon lad sakti hoon’ marketing campaign forward of the 2022 UP Assembly polls. Alpana was given ticket from Prayagraj however she did not make it to the meeting.

Similarly, the occasion additionally made Akhilesh Yadav, the state head of the occasion’s pupil wing NSUI, a member of AICC. Yadav had performed a outstanding position in spearheading a long-drawn protest in Allahabad University in opposition to price hikes and in addition led a starvation strike there.

Some new faces who accompanied Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in his just lately concluded Bharat Jodo Yatra have additionally discovered a spot in AICC. One such younger face is Akshay Kranti Veer from Prayagraj. Even the occasion candidate in 2022 polls from Sonbhadra — tribal chief Ramraj Gond, who had led an agitation in opposition to the Umbha village bloodbath in 2019 when 11 tribals have been massacred by the village head who belonged to Gujjar neighborhood over a land dispute, has been appointed to AICC. Gond had contested the 2022 polls from Obra on a Congress ticket however couldn’t win the seat.

A couple of new faces from Lucknow who made it to the AICC included former corporator Mukesh Chauhan, sitting corporator Mamta Chaudhary, occasion spokesperson Rafat Fatima, former head of social media Shiv Pandey and Pankaj Tiwari, together with Nakul Dubey, who just lately converted from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Both Brijlal Khabri and his predecessor Ajay Kumar Lallu – have additionally been included within the checklist.

Samajwadi Party turncoat Pankhuri Pathak together with Karishma Thakur and Muzaffarnagar district president Geeta Kakran has additionally been appointed to the occasion’s prestigious physique.

Besides sitting and former MPs, former MLAs and MLCs, additionally determine on the UP AICC checklist. They embody the occasion’s sitting MP from Rae Bareli Sonia Gandhi, former UPCC chief Raj Babbar, PL Punia, former MLA Pradeep Jain Aditya, Zafar Ali Naqvi, Nirmal Khatri, Pramod Tiwari, Imran Pratapgarhi and Rajesh Mishra.

The veteran lady leaders from UP — Mohsina Kidwai, Begum Noor Bano, and Louise Khurshid — have discovered a spot in AICC.

It additionally contains sitting MLAs Aradhana Mishra, who can also be Congress Legislature Party chief, and Virendra Chaudhary. Moreover, different former MLAs similar to Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Ajay Rai, Anugrah Narayan Singh from Prayagraj, former MLCs Vivek Bansal and Harish Bajpai have additionally been appointed to AICC.