UP Congress watching for appointment of recent state leader, organisational actions at standstill

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LUCKNOW: After the resignation of UP Pradesh Congress Committee leader Ajay Kumar Lallu proudly owning duty for the birthday celebration’s dismal display within the lately concluded state Meeting elections, the state unit has now not were given a brand new leader even a month after the effects. The Congress may just win simply two seats with a vote proportion of two.33 in line with cent.

As in line with senior functionaries of the grand previous birthday celebration, the actions of the organisation had come to a grinding halt after a busy election marketing campaign. “The birthday celebration is looking forward to the appointment of the brand new state leader who can breathe recent lifestyles into the organisation. With a bit of luck the prime command will glance into it quickly,” stated a senior birthday celebration chief.

Then again, 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 conceivable contenders for the UPCC leader’s publish.

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Within the absence of a typical president of the state unit of the birthday celebration, senior basic secretary Dinesh Singh is caring for daily paintings to verify clean functioning of the birthday celebration.

Except the resignation of the then UPCC leader who himself misplaced his seat, the Congress prime command had entrusted birthday celebration basic secretary Bhanwar Jitendra Singh with the duty to determine the criteria in the back of birthday celebration’s decimation within the meeting elections. Whilst the prime command’s choice is awaited, birthday celebration insiders declare that the comments record discussed that a huge segment of birthday celebration cadre blamed loss of infrastructure at grassroots stage for the rout.

The Congress’s selection of seats has been dwindling in election after election. In 2012, Congress had received 15 seats. In 2017, the birthday celebration stitched up an alliance with the Samajwadi Birthday party however failed to chop a lot ice a number of the electorate and the selection of its seats got here all the way down to seven beneath the sweeping saffron surge. In 2022, in spite of an competitive marketing campaign by way of AICC basic secretary and UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the birthday celebration may just win simply two seats. After the 2022 ballot effects, Priyanka has now not visited the state.