While making changes in the party organization on Thursday, the Congress handed over the responsibility of general secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh to Randeep Surjewala. At the same time, Mukul Wasnik has been made the general secretary in charge of Gujarat.
The Congress has made major changes in the party organization. Ajay Rai has been appointed as the president of Uttar Pradesh. The party has given Randeep Surjewala the additional charge of general secretary in-charge of the state after being senior observer of Madhya Pradesh. On the other hand, Mukul Wasnik has been given the responsibility of the post of general secretary in-charge of Gujarat.
Ajay Rai has contested against PM Modi from Varanasi in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However, both times he had to face defeat. Ajay Rai, who started his political career with BJP, is counted among the top Congress leaders in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
There are 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. In such a situation, the appointment of Ajay Rai is also very important. Rai has fought against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi seat of UP. He has lost both the elections.
Why was Ajay Rai given the responsibility?
After Bihar and Jharkhand, Congress has given the responsibility of state president to Ajay Rai, who comes from Bhumihar caste in UP. The President of Bihar Congress is Akhilesh Prasad Singh and the President of Jharkhand Congress is Mithilesh Thakur. Most of the population of Bhumihar caste lives in these three states. Bhumihar caste is considered as vote bank of BJP. In such a situation, the Congress is trying to make a dent in it.
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It is worth mentioning that recently Surjewala was also appointed as Senior Observer for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections. Ajay Rai has been given the responsibility of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, replacing Khabri, who comes from the Dalit community. Rai comes from the Bhumihar caste and has also contested the Lok Sabha elections against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi. The party has made its senior leader Wasnik in-charge of Gujarat. The Congress had to face a crushing defeat in the assembly elections held in the state at the end of last year, after which Raghu Sharma resigned from the post in-charge. Wasnik is counted among the big Dalit faces of the Congress.
Assembly elections are to be held in Madhya Pradesh by the end of this year. In such a situation, it is considered very important to give responsibility to Surjewala. Apart from this, next year is the Lok Sabha elections.
