Apart from the state Congress president, the party also appointed six regional presidents who will assist Khabri in organisational matters. But a senior Congress leader critical of the leadership’s choices told The Indian Express, “There is not a single leader on the list who can speak his mind before the leadership. Yogesh DixitThe former Youth Congress state president is from Aligarh district and worked closely with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in his previous role as vice-president (organisation). All these months when the party did not have a state Congress chief, Dixit was in charge of party activities in UP. Anil YadavThe Yadav leader from the Samajwadi Party (SP) stronghold of Etawah will lead the Congress in the Braj region.

Source: Indian Express October 01, 2022 18:34 UTC