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The Congress SC Department’s chairperson Rajendra Pal Gautam. (Source: Express Archives)
THE CONGRESS on Friday announced fresh faces as AICC in-charges for three states — Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Odisha.
In Uttar Pradesh, the party appointed its Scheduled Caste department chairperson Rajendra Pal Gautam as AICC in-charge, in line with its strategy to reach out to Dalits in the state.
While Gautam replaces Avinash Pande in UP, Odisha AICC in-charge Ajay Kumar Lallu has been replaced by Seva Dal chief organiser Lalji Desai. AICC secretary Sanjay Dutt, who hails from Maharashtra, has been promoted as Haryana in-charge. He replaces B K Hariprasad, who was recently appointed Karnataka Congress president.
Former Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B V, who rose to fame during the Covid pandemic as “oxygen man”, has been appointed the chief organiser of Congress Seva Dal, a frontal organisation of the party.
Insiders say the appointments have a stamp of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s resolve to ensure representation and induct fresh faces in key organisational roles.
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