Congress “Dissenters” Not On UP Poll Teams, Salman Khurshid Gets Key Job
Salman Khurshid has been disappointed via the 23 leaders who had stirred up the Congress. (FILE)
New Delhi:
Senior Congress chief Salman Khurshid will head a crew that can draw up the Congress manifesto forward of the meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh — due two years later. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, put in control of the birthday party in jap Uttar Pradesh, has already began putting in place groups, assets within the birthday party stated.
Congress leaders equivalent to Jitin Prasad and Raj Babbar, who had been signatories to a letter to birthday party leader Sonia Gandhi for a re-haul of the organisation, have did not discover a position within the new committees. Those that denounced the letter writers within the “Workforce of 23” like Nirmal Khatri and Naseeb Pathan have discovered puts within the panels introduced on Sunday night time.
Remaining 12 months, forward of the Lok Sabha elections, Ms Gandhi Vadra used to be given price of turning in Uttar Pradesh to the Congress within the subsequent state elections. Her brother Rahul Gandhi, who used to be the executive of the birthday party on the time, had additionally given price of western Uttar Pradesh to his closest aide, Jyyotiraditya Scindia, who has since joined the BJP.
Ms Gandhi Vadra has her job minimize out. The thrill over her appointment had no longer translated to votes within the Lok Sabha election. The Congress has logged its worst efficiency ever within the state, the place its house had contracted to 2 seats. Despite the fact that Sonia Gandhi retained Rae Bareli, Rahul Gandhi had misplaced the circle of relatives turf Amethi to the BJP’s Smriti Irani.
It has now fallen on Mr Khurshid — a Gandhi circle of relatives loyalist — to assist beef up the birthday party’s fortunes within the state in framing a imaginative and prescient for the long run .The previous minister, who used to be born in Aligarh, represented Farrukhabad in central Uttar Pradesh in parliament.
A Gandhi circle of relatives loyalist, Mr Khurshid has been disappointed after the hot dissent via a ginger staff of 23 leaders that had stirred up the Congress. Days later, he firmly sponsored the Gandhis, announcing it used to be time for a consensus, no longer elections.
“I’ve stated very obviously that the Gandhis are leaders of the Congress. No one can deny this. Even the opposition can not deny this… I do not be concerned about whether or not or no longer we now have a president. Now we have a pacesetter (in Rahul Gandhi) and that’s comforting for me,” the previous Union minister had advised PTI in an interview.
Amongst the ones within the new groups for Uttar Pradesh are, former state unit leader Nirmal Khatri within the Coaching and Cadre Construction Committee, whilst Naseeb Pathan is a part of the Programme Implementation Committee. Each had denounced the letter-writers and demanded motion in opposition to them.
Whilst Salman Khurshid, PL Punia, Aradhana Misra, Supriya Shrinate, Vivek Bansal and Amitabh Dubey are within the Manifesto Committee, the ones within the Outreach Committee come with Pramod Tiwari, Pradip Jain, Gajraj Singh, Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Imran Masood and Bal Kumar Patel.
After the Congress letter — the place senior leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, Shashi Tharoor and Anand Sharma had driven for exchange in management — they all were given overlooked from an inventory of giant promotions passed out via the birthday party’s meantime leader Sonia Gandhi.
Gaurav Gogoi and Ravneet Singh Bittu had been appointed deputy chief and whip within the Lok Sabha. Senior chief and previous Union minister Jairam Ramesh, who used to be no longer a number of the dissenters both, used to be appointed Leader Whip of the Congress.
