A month after Congress was defeated by the BJP within the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, the social gathering’s central management on Sunday introduced their choose for the posts of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president and Congress Legislative Party (CLP) chief.
According to the announcement, Karan Mahara, a two-time MLA from the Ranikhet seat, is the brand new PCC president whereas senior Congress chief and Bajpur MLA Yashpal Arya, who returned to the social gathering simply earlier than the elections, was named the brand new CLP chief. Mahara gained the election from Ranikhet in 2007 and 2017, however misplaced to BJP candidate Pramod Nainwal this yr.
Meanwhile, Bhuwan Chander Kapri, who defeated CM Pushkar Singh Dhami from the Khatima seat, was named as deputy CLP chief.
“Congress president has appointed President of Uttarakhand Congress Committee, and Leader & Deputy Leader of Uttarakhand Congress Legislature Party with immediate effect,” learn an announcement issued and signed by social gathering General Secretary KC Venugopal.
While the tenure of the previous chief of the opposition, Pritam Singh ended with the formation of the brand new Assembly, the submit of PCC chief has been vacant since former state chief Ganesh Godyal resigned from his submit following the social gathering’s defeat within the Assembly election.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi had requested PCC presidents of Uttarakhand, Manipur, Punjab, Goa, and Uttar Pradesh to place of their resignations in an effort to facilitate a revamp of state Congress committees.
With senior Congress chief Harish Rawat, the largest face of the social gathering in Uttarakhand, the state unit is broadly divided into pro-Rawat and anti-Rawat teams. But Rawat’s defeat from Lalkuan within the latest elections has thrown up many extra contenders for key social gathering positions. However, the latest announcement seems to have tackled the identical.
While Karan Mahara is taken into account near Rawat, Yashpal Arya is comparatively impartial. Kapri however is taken into account near the anti-Rawat group. All three of the leaders are from Kumaon area.
In the lately held Assembly polls, the BJP gained 47 out of the 70 seats and Congress gained 19. Though the BJP turned the primary ruling social gathering to be voted again to energy in Uttarakhand, Dhami misplaced the Khatima seat by 6,579 votes to the Congress’s Kapri . While the social gathering retained him as CM, to proceed in workplace, Dhami must get elected to the Uttarakhand Assembly inside six months.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
