UP Congress awaiting appointment of latest state chief, organisational actions at standstill

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: After the resignation of UP Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ajay Kumar Lallu proudly owning duty for the celebration’s dismal present within the just lately concluded state Assembly elections, the state unit has not acquired a brand new chief even a month after the outcomes. The Congress might win simply two seats with a vote share of two.33 per cent.

As per senior functionaries of the grand previous celebration, the actions of the organisation had come to a grinding halt after a busy election marketing campaign. “The party is waiting for the appointment of the new state chief who can breathe fresh life into the organisation. Hopefully the high command will look into it soon,” mentioned a senior celebration chief.

However, the names of former UPCC president Nirmal Khatri, former Rajya Sabha MPs and senior leaders Pramod Tiwari and PL Punia are doing the rounds as attainable contenders for the UPCC chief’s submit.

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In the absence of an everyday president of the state unit of the celebration, senior basic secretary Dinesh Singh is taking good care of day-to-day work to make sure easy functioning of the celebration.

Apart from the resignation of the then UPCC chief who himself misplaced his seat, the Congress excessive command had entrusted celebration basic secretary Bhanwar Jitendra Singh with the duty to determine the components behind celebration’s decimation within the meeting elections. While the excessive command’s determination is awaited, celebration insiders declare that the suggestions report talked about that a big part of celebration cadre blamed lack of infrastructure at grassroots degree for the rout.

The Congress’s variety of seats has been dwindling in election after election. In 2012, Congress had received 15 seats. In 2017, the celebration stitched up an alliance with the Samajwadi Party however failed to chop a lot ice among the many voters and the variety of its seats got here all the way down to seven underneath the sweeping saffron surge. In 2022, regardless of an aggressive marketing campaign by AICC basic secretary and UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the celebration might win simply two seats. After the 2022 ballot outcomes, Priyanka has not visited the state.