Salman Khurshid has been upset by the 23 leaders who had shaken Congress. (PROCEEDINGS)
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- Salman Khurshid will lead the team that will write the manifesto of the UP polls
- Those who denounced the “dissidents” have found a place in the panels
- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has already started teaming up, sources said.
New Delhi:
Congressional leader Salman Khurshid will lead a team that will write the Congressional manifesto ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, to be held two years later. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in charge of the match in eastern Uttar Pradesh, has already started to form teams, party sources said.
Congressional leaders like Jitin Prasad and Raj Babbar, signatories to a letter addressed to party chief Sonia Gandhi calling for a reorganization of the organization, have been unable to find a place on the new committees. Those who denounced letter writers in the “Group of 23” such as Nirmal Khatri and Naseeb Pathan have found spots on the panels announced Sunday night.
Last year, before the Lok Sabha elections, Ms. Gandhi Vadra was tasked with handing over Uttar Pradesh to Congress in the upcoming state elections. Her brother Rahul Gandhi, who was the head of the party at the time, had also commissioned western Uttar Pradesh from her closest aide, Jyyotiraditya Scindia, who has since joined the BJP.
Ms. Gandhi Vadra has her homework short. The enthusiasm for her appointment had not translated into votes in the Lok Sabha elections. Congress recorded its worst performance in the state, where its space had been reduced to two seats. Although Sonia Gandhi retained Rae Bareli, Rahul Gandhi had lost the territory of the Amethi family to Smriti Irani of the BJP.
Now it is up to Khurshid, a loyalist to the Gandhi family, to help improve the party’s fortunes in the state by framing a vision for the future. The former minister, who was born in Aligarh, represented Farrukhabad in central Uttar Pradesh in parliament. .
Khurshid, a loyalist to the Gandhi family, has been upset after the recent dissent by a group of 23 gingerbread leaders that had agitated Congress. Days later, he strongly backed the Gandhis, saying it was time for consensus, not elections.
“I have said very clearly that the Gandhis are leaders of Congress. No one can deny this. Even the opposition cannot deny this … I don’t care whether or not we have a president. We have a leader (in Rahul Gandhi) and that comforts me. ”, The former Union minister had told PTI in an interview.
Members of the new Uttar Pradesh teams include former head of the state unit Nirmal Khatri in the Staff Development and Training Committee, while Naseeb Pathan is part of the Program Implementation Committee. Both had denounced the letter writers and demanded action against them.
While Salman Khurshid, PL Punia, Aradhana Misra, Supriya Shrinate, Vivek Bansal and Amitabh Dubey are on the Manifesto Committee, those of the Extension Committee include Pramod Tiwari, Pradip Jain, Gajraj Singh, Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Imran Masood and Bal Kumar Patel.
After the congressional letter, where high-level leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, Shashi Tharoor, and Anand Sharma had pushed for a change in leadership, they were all left out of a list of big promotions handed out by the acting head of the party. , Sonia. Gandhi.
Gaurav Gogoi and Ravneet Singh Bittu were appointed deputy leader and whip in the Lok Sabha. The main leader and former Union minister, Jairam Ramesh, who was also not among the dissidents, was appointed Head Whip of Congress.
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