Gujarat Congress appoints 10 district presidents, sets up election panel

This is the first reshuffle of the State unit after last year’s crushing defeat in Assembly election, which left the party with just 17 out of total 182 seats

Published - December 09, 2023 05:47 am IST - AHMEDABAD

Congress party workers with their election symbol flag during an election rally in Rajkot, Gujarat ahead of 2022 Gujarat Assembly election.

Congress party workers with their election symbol flag during an election rally in Rajkot, Gujarat ahead of 2022 Gujarat Assembly election. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI

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.

Moreover, AICC general secretary in-charge of the State affairs and AICC secretaries in-charge of the State will be members along with the chief of the State youth congress and women Congress wings in both committees.

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