Making attempt to undo damage before Uttar Pradesh assembly elections

The Congress is bedevilled with the all-important issue of the absence of a face from UP to lead the elections, although in effect Priyanka is doing the job

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh (UP) went through one of its many convulsions in 2019 after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra assigned the charge of the state to Ajay Kumar Lallu, a former student activist at Kisan PG College, Seorahi, Kushinagar and one of the seven MLAs the party has. For Priyanka and her advisers, Lallu’s choice marked a “radical” departure from the arbitrary manner in which previous state presidents were appointed, depending largely on their loyalty to the Delhi brass. Lallu was perceived as a “street fighter”, and importantly, the first president from a backward caste, the Madheshia-Vaishya.
 
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