Signal to rebels: Jitin, Babbar not on UP poll panels
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 6
Two prominent Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders, who recently signed the controversial letter seeking leadership changes in the party, are missing from the poll panels announced for the state on Saturday — a clear message to the rebels. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is the AICC general Secretary for UP.
Neither former minister Jitin Prasada nor ex-UP Congress chief Raj Babbar, who joined the 23 dissenters to seek a Congress overhaul, are on the five committees approved by party president Sonia Gandhi in preparation for the next state elections.
The manifesto panel includes former minister Salman Khurshid, party veteran PL Punia and spokesperson Supriya Shrinate while Pramod Tiwari is part of the outreach panel and Rashid Alvi is on the media committee. Former UP Congress chief Nirmal Khatri finds a place in the ‘cadre development’ panel.
