Ajay Kumar Lallu Appointed as New UP Congress Committee Chief

LUCKNOW: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday appointed Ajay Kumar Lallu as the new Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief. The appointment of Lallu came on the recommendation of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who announced the party's new Uttar Pradesh team on Monday.

The new team has no big names but Congress has tried to balance social equations among the office bearers, comprising four Vice Presidents, 12 General Secretaries, and 24 Secretaries. Ajay Kumar Lallu, an MLA from Tamkuhiraj in eastern UP, is from the backward Vaishya community. Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi is one of the General Secretaries. Aradhna Mishra has been named the new leader of the Congress Legislative Party. A second term MLA from Rampur Khas, she is the daughter of veteran leader Pramod Tiwari. (IANS)

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