Big news of Congress party has come from Gujarat. The Congress high command has appointed Jagdish Thakor as the President of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee. His appointment is astonishing. Till now, the name of Hardik Patel or Deepak Babaria was being tossed more for this post. However, according to party sources, Jagdish Thakor has been given the post to strike a balance between senior Gujarat Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil and Hardik Patel.
On October 22, Gujarat Congress MLAs had a meeting with Rahul Gandhi in Delhi regarding the new state president. In that meeting, there was a discussion regarding the appointment of the state president of Gujarat.
About 25 leaders of Gujarat attended that meeting chaired by Rahul Gandhi. At the same time, the Congress party also discussed the name of the leader of the legislature party. Since then, the name of tribal leader and MLA Sukhram Rathwa was running in the forefront for the Leader of Opposition.
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However, the name of Patidar leader Virji Thumar was also discussed. Now today the names of Gujarat Congress President and Leader of Opposition have been announced.
Congress had entrusted a big responsibility to Hardik Patel in Gujarat last year. Sonia Gandhi had made him the working president with immediate effect. In that connection, a letter was also issued by KC Venugopal, the general secretary of the Congress, in which there was an order to appoint Hardik Patel as the working president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee. Since, Hardik Patel is considered very popular among the youth of Gujarat as a Patidar leader.
A few years back, he had emerged as the face of the Patidar movement. After which he joined the Congress in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.
