Jammu’s Uday Bhanu Chib new Indian Youth Cong chief

The Congress on Sunday appointed Uday Bhanu Chib as the president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), replacing Srinivas BV.

Srinivas BV had held the post for over five years and his tenure was seen as an eventful one for IYC with his relief work during the Covid pandemic being a major talking point in the media.

Chib was serving as the general secretary of IYC and is a former president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. Chib hails from Paloura, Jammu, and is the son of Congress leader Hari Singh Chib.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Uday Bhanu Chib as the president of the Indian Youth Congress with immediate effect, a party statement said. The party appreciates the contributions of the outgoing president Srinivas BV, it added.

Meanwhile, the Congress on Saturday appointed MK Bhardwaj and Bhanu Mahajan as acting working presidents of its Jammu and Kashmir unit.

The appointments come amid the ongoing assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Bhardwaj and Mahajan as acting working presidents of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect, a statement from the party said on Saturday.

The Congress in August appointed Tariq Hameed Karra as president of its Jammu and Kashmir unit. He had replaced Vikar Rasool Wani. Kharge had also appointed two working presidents for Jammu and Kashmir — Tara Chand and Raman Bhalla.