Amid claims of overhaul, new appointments of Gujarat Congress fail to enthuse party
While the appointments of district presidents after elaborate 'consultative process' largely proved to be more of reputations, the appointment of new Congress Gujarat President Amit Chavda and assembly leader of opposition Siddharth Chaudhary has failed to excite the workers.
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'Clearly, the high command has failed to see beyond the family legacies in making these appointments which required a better understanding of the changed dynamics of the state politics and the challenges that the party faces now,' said a party functionary in Ahmedabad. Amit Chavda has been the President of Gujarat Congress between 2018 and 2021, what has been his success then?' He asked.
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For the records Chavda back then was preceded by Bharatsinh Solanki, his cousin and son of Madhavsinh Solanki. He became the leader of opposition in January 2023 after the 2022 Gujarat election that saw Congress staging its worst ever performance.
Son of former Gujarat Chief Minister Amarsinh Chaudhary, and a former union minister, Siddarth Chaudhary, has not been known for his acumen as a parliamentarian and is believed to be usually reticent and distant from the workers.
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Range of Congress leaders and workers that ET spoke to across the state seem to be echoing the sentiments in various degrees. In North Gujarat, a young leader with considerable ground swell maintained that the selection by the party high command has failed the aspirations of people who hoped that there could be some fresh blood injected in the party through the process.
While the Patidar leaders of the party were clamouring for some representation in the top echelon of the party, senior Patel leaders told ET that in spite of their repeated attempts, they failed to manage an audience with
Rahul Gandhi
. 'This is frustrating but in present condition no one is in a position to rebel. So what you will see is that everyone will toe the party line in public but steadily withdrawing from active participation, which is a bad news for Congress that has suffered its worst electoral blow in 2022 state election.'
Party sources maintain that It is learnt that the party may appoint Paresh Dhanani as the Chairman of the Campaign Committee to balance the Patidar demands. However that, according to party workers may be too little too late for the party which is practically fighting an existential crisis in the state.
A senior party functionary told ET that the high command was left with very little elbow room to operate while picking up its leaders and had to do with what it had.
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