The Congress’s choice to dissolve the state government, district, metropolis and block models is step one wanted to rebuild the celebration organisation from scratch to make it prepared for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh meeting elections.
Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai says the celebration determined to go in for a complete revamp as an alternative of choosing patchwork. (FILE PHOTO)
The transfer will make sure that the brand new organisation to be arrange throughout the state not solely has a a formidable construction, but additionally works as a cohesive unit with illustration of individuals from all sections.
These conscious of the event stated the Congress organisation within the state had didn’t work as a cohesive unit, mixing the expertise of the previous guard with the power of the youth.
With a watch on the 2027 UP meeting elections, the Congress management determined to construct the celebration’s construction afresh as an alternative of creating adjustments at completely different ranges and locations.
“Yes, we will rebuild the organisation. This will be done to ensure better coordination between the Congress’s old guard and the newcomers. Some of the Congress leaders were left out when a new team was formed earlier. We want to give more representation to women and hope to complete the process of revamping the party up to the grassroots level in the next three months,” Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai stated.
“We had already begun the process of building the party for the 2027 Lok Sabha elections. We decided to go in for a total revamp instead of opting for patchwork. Those who have been working hard and performed in the past need not worry. We will build a strong organisation,” stated All India Congress Committee (AICC) common secretary (incharge UP) Avinash Pandey.
A convincing defeat within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections led to rebuilding of the celebration organisation then. It, nevertheless, didn’t ship within the 2022 U.P. meeting election and was discovered problem-ridden even within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. A senior chief stated the outgoing organisation construction was in place for almost 5 years although sure adjustments although have been made at numerous ranges earlier. A serious change was carried out on the state management degree after the drubbing within the 2022 meeting polls. Nonetheless, the organisation construction remained poor in all of the districts.
This turned evident in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Although the celebration was capable of enhance its efficiency by profitable six Lok Sabha seats towards the lone Rae Bareli seat it secured within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, insiders felt it may have completed higher.
“Yes, we had some or the other issues everywhere. Some districts even did not have an energetic president while most districts lacked a strong organisational structure. The Congress, which fought 2024 Lok Sabha election in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, could have performed even better with a stronger organisation base,” stated one other chief.
In the meantime, in an order issued on Friday, Rai stated the outgoing workplace bearers of UPCC, outgoing district, metropolis and block presidents together with the workplace bearers of their respective committees, will proceed to work on their posts until new appointments are made.
“We will build a new team on the model given by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. We are going to begin doing so early and complete the process soon,” stated UPCC common secretary organisation Anil Yadav.