The Gujarat Congress might quickly get a brand new president and an in-charge as each these posts are mendacity vacant following the resignation of incumbent Amit Chavda and the dying of Rajiv Satav, respectively, forward of the following 12 months’s Assembly polls, sources and a celebration functionary mentioned on Tuesday. The Congress needs to provide precedence to Gujarat as a result of of the 2022 polls, they mentioned.
Chavda and Gujarat Congress Legislative Party (CLP) chief Paresh Dhanani had resigned in March this 12 months after the celebration misplaced in opposition to the BJP in the native physique polls. Chavda and Dhanani had been requested by the Central management of the Congress to proceed until their replacements are discovered.
Gujarat Congress in-charge Rajiv Satav had began the method to pick a brand new Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president. However, he died of post-COVID 19 issues final month. “GPCC president Amit Chavda and CLP chief Paresh Dhanani had resigned from their posts in March after the celebration’s defeat in native physique polls.
The high-command might change them because the elections are scheduled in the following 12 months,” Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said, adding that the party will also appoint state Congress in-charge soon. In the 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls, the Congress increased its tally to 77 while restricting the ruling BJP at 99 seats in the 182-member House.
According to sources, hectic lobbying is going on for the post of the state PCC president. The high command is keen to appoint the state in-charge too. Senior leaders Shaktisinh Gohil,Bharatsinh Solanki and Arjun Modhwadia are in the race for the post of state Congress president, sources said, adding Solanki, former central minister, has been camping in Delhi for the last two days.
According to sources, the names of Avinash Pandey, Mohan Prakash and B K Hariprasad are being considered as the new Gujarat in-charge for the Congress. CLP chief Dhanani may not be replaced this time, they added. .
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