With Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra all set to camp in the state capital for two days from Friday to review preparations for making party’s Bharat Bachao Rally in New Delhi on December 14 a big success, UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lallu on Thursday appointed coordinators in all districts to ensure maximum participation of people.
Sources said that besides interacting with the new UPCC office-bearers, chiefs of all frontal organisations and heads of party cells and their members, Priyanka would also try to quell the growing resentment within the party, especially over sidelining of the leaders above 60 years of age or expulsion of 10 veteran leaders.
Priyanka was reportedly shocked to learn that in the meetings called by Lallu to make the Delhi rally a success, almost 80 per cent of the invitees did not turn up and those who came to the meetings raised their voice over “unpopular decisions” taken by her and Lallu.
The 10 veterans expelled from the party have termed the action against them as “unconstitutional”.
Meanwhile, Lallu held a press conference on Thursday morning to reveal the preparedness for the Delhi rally.
“Lakhs of party workers from Uttar Pradesh will reach the Ramlila ground in New Delhi on December 14 to take part in the Bharat Bachao Rally, called to protest the murder of democracy, curb on freedom of expression, economic loot and corruption in the Bharatiya Janata Party government,” Lallu told reporters on Thursday.
“For making the Delhi rally a success, party national secretaries, office-bearers and senior leaders are continuously touring districts,” he said.
The UP Congress president said that crime against women in the state was rising alarmingly and the state had set a record in cases of rape, murder, loot, kidnapping and cyber crime.
Lallu also attacked the Union government for the bad shape of the economy due to wrong policies.
Sources said that Lallu also appointed coordinators for each district to make the Delhi rally a big success. Vinod Mishra, Maroof Khan, Dilpreet Singh have been made coordinators of Lucknow, Pramod Tewari of Pratapgarh, Shri Prakash Jaiswal of Kanpur, and Akhilesh Pratap Singh of Shahjahanpur.
