Ajay Kumar Lallu Replaces Raj Babbar As Uttar Pradesh Congress Chief, Aradhana Misra ‘Mona’ New CLP Leader

Lucknow, October 7: The Indian National Congress on Monday appointed Ajay Kumar Lallu as Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) President, replacing Raj Babbar. Lallu, a two-time Congress MLA from Tamkuhi Raj, is the leader of Congress Legislative Party in Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra zeroed Lallu because he is working on the ground level, unlike other UPCC senior leaders who were operating from Delhi. Priyanka Gandhi Goes House Hunting in Lucknow With Eye on Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022.

Lallu is said to close to the Gandhis and is working in favour of Congress to re-establish its ground roots before assembly elections in the state in 2022. Taking his position, Rampur MLA Aradhana Misra 'Mona' has been appointed as the new leader of Uttar Pradesh Congress Legislative Party. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra As CM Candidate in 2022, Demand Party Workers in Rae Bareli.

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As part of the revamp, the Congress has also appointed four UPCC vice-presidents, 12 general secretaries, and 24 secretaries. After the party's defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Raj Babbar had offered his resignation taking the moral responsibility of the loss.

According to reports, several senior state Congress leaders were unhappy with this move. They even voiced that it would not be fine to appoint a person who is new to the party. Priyanka Gandhi was said to be impressed by Lallu's performance, who had accompanied her in every agitation, including Sonbhadra agitation after the mass shooting.

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