Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 23, 2023, 10:30 PM
Congress Party: Before the Lok Sabha elections, a major reshuffle has been announced in the organization of Congress. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been relieved from the post of AICC in-charge of UP Congress, while former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot has been appointed in-charge of Chhattisgarh Congress. Ramesh Chennithala has been appointed in-charge of AICC of Maharashtra. In a statement issued by Congress, it has been said that Priyanka Gandhi will remain the party general secretary. Avinash Pandey will be the party in-charge in Uttar Pradesh, while Mukul Wasnik will be in-charge in Gujarat.The move to relieve Priyanka Gandhi of her responsibilities in UP comes amid speculations that India Alliance, an alliance of opposition parties, is talking about fielding a strong candidate against PM Modi from Varanasi in the general elections.
It is believed that the party has removed Priyanka Gandhi from the post of UP in-charge to give her a bigger national role in the Lok Sabha elections. Names of leaders like Priyanka Gandhi and Nitish Kumar are in discussion as possible candidates.Avinash Pandey gets charge of UP, Jitendra Singh gets charge of Assam-MP.Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge announced reshuffle in Congress organizations on Saturday. In the reshuffle of the organization, Mukul Wasnik has been given the responsibility of Gujarat, Jitendra Singh has been given the responsibility of Assam and Madhya Pradesh, Randeep Singh Surjewala has been given the responsibility of Karnataka, Deepak Babaria of Delhi and Haryana, Avinash Pandey has been given the responsibility of Uttar Pradesh, Kumari Shailja has been given the responsibility of Uttarakhand.GS Mir has been given additional charge of Jharkhand and West Bengal, Deepa Dasmunshi has been given additional charge of Kerala, Lakshadweep and Telangana, Ramesh Chennithala has been given additional charge of Maharashtra, Mohan Prakash has been given additional charge of Bihar, Dr Chellakumar has been given additional charge of Odisha, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. .Dr. Ajay Kumar to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Bharat Singh Solanki to Jammu and Kashmir, Rajiv Shukla to Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa to Rajasthan, Devendra Yadav to Punjab, Goa, Daman and Diu and Manikrao Thackeray to Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Tripura. , given to Sikkim. Along with this, Girish Chodankarma has been given the charge from Manipur and Nagaland and Manickam Tagore from Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar.Along with this, Kharge has also made 12 leaders including Priyanka Gandhi as general secretaries-in-charge. How. Venugopal will remain the organization general secretary and Jairam Ramesh will remain in charge of the communication department, while Ajay Maken will remain the treasurer of the party. Meanwhile, Milind Deora and Vijay Inder Sinhala have been appointed joint treasurers.Congress President Shri @kharge has assigned the organisational responsibilities to the following persons with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/qWhwiJzysj
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