Congress announces panels for Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: In a move seen as a snub to party leader JitinPrasada, the Congress has constituted committees to prepare for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections but kept him out.

Jitin, a former Union Minister of State, was among the Congress leaders who wrote a letter to party interim chief Sonia Gandhi on the leadership issue.

Sonia Gandhi has constituted the 'Manifesto Committee, Outreach Committee, Membership Committee, Programme Implementation Committee, Training and Cadre Development Committee, Panchayati Raj Election Committee, and Media and Communication Advisory Committee of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, said a press release from Congress leader KC Venugopal.

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are likely to be held in February-March 2022.

Almost all senior leaders have been accommodated — Salman Khurshid on the Manifesto Committee, PramodTiwari on the Outreach Committee, Rashid Alvi on Media Advisory Committee. (IANS)

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