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Jaipur, Nov 23 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday announced the appointment of 45 District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents in Rajasthan as part of its ongoing organization creation campaign. There are 50 districts in the state and appointments are still pending in the remaining five.
The newly appointed district heads assumed charge with immediate effect. AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal said the selection was made after a structured organizational review. Under the exercise, observers assigned to each district conducted ground level assessments, interacted with party workers and local stakeholders and submitted detailed reports.
These reports were discussed individually with each observer and senior leaders before the final panel was placed before the Congress President for approval.
A total of 12 sitting MLAs have been appointed district presidents, strengthening the organization with leaders who hold electoral mandates. The MLAs include Vikas Chaudhary (Ajmer Rural), Arjun Singh Bamaniya (Banswara), Zakir Hussain Gesawat (Didwana-Kuchaman), Sanjay Jatav (Dholpur), Vidyadhar Chaudhary (Jaipur Rural West), Ganesh Ghoghra (Dungarpur), Rita Chaudhary (Jhunjhunu), Geeta Barwad (Jodhpur Rural), Ghanshyam Mahar (Karauli), Indira Meena (Sawai Madhopur), Rupinder Singh Kunnur. (Sriganganagar), and Manoj Meghwal (Churu).
Five former MLAs have also been appointed: Ramlal Jat (Bhilwara Rural), Indraj Gurjar (Kotputli-Behror), Raghuveer Singh Meena (Udaipur Rural), Gopal Meena (Jaipur Rural East), and Rajkumar Jaipal (Ajmer City).
Congress has retained district presidents in eight districts – Bharatpur, Bikaner Rural, Dausa, Jaipur Rural, Kota Rural, Sikar and Udaipur city. Sikar, the home district of PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasara, is one of the districts where the incumbent has been reelected.
The party has not yet finalized the district chiefs for Jaipur city, Rajsamand, Pratapgarh, Baran and Jhalawar. In Baran and Jhalawar, opinion polling was stopped due to the Anta by-election, while appointments have been delayed in Jaipur, Rajsamand and Pratapgarh due to internal factional issues.
Of the 45 appointments, seven are women. Community wise, eight are from the general category, nine from SC, eight from ST, 16 from OBC and four from the minority community.
Observers from outside Rajasthan prepared panels of six names per district after talking to the workers. KC Venugopal discussed the final list with state in-charge Sukhjinder Randhawa, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasara, opposition leader Tika Ram Juli and senior leaders before it was approved by the Congress President.
–IANS
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