Gujarat Congress appoints 10 district presidents, sets up election panel
The Hindu
Congress reshuffles Gujarat unit after last year's defeat in Assembly election. 40-member election committee and 17-member political affairs committee appointed with former legislators Himmatsinh Patel, Lalit Vasoya and Pratap Dudhat as district presidents.
The Gujarat unit of Congress on Friday appointed district presidents and also created a 40-member election committee along with a 17-member political affairs committee of the State unit.
The appointments were announced after the approval from the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
This is the first reshuffle of the Gujarat unit after last year’s humiliating defeat in the Assembly election when the party won just 17 out of a total 182 seats in the State.
Accordingly, the party has appointed former legislators Himmatsinh Patel and Lalit Vasoya as the presidents of Ahmedabad city and Rajkot district, respectively, while Pratap Dudhat, another former legislator, has been made chief of Amreli district.
The party has also appointed chiefs for Dang, Kheda, Vadodara, Panchmahal, Anand, Narmada and Junagadh districts.
In the State political affairs committee, the party unit headed by State president Shaktisinh Gohil will comprise all former state presidents, CLP leaders, Union ministers from the State.
The State election committee has members like former legislators and parliamentarians from various districts, sitting legislators and others.
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