Letter writers Jitin, Raj Babbar missing from Cong UP poll panels

Aditi Tandon

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 6

Two prominent Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders who recently signed the controversial letter seeking leadership changes in the party are missing from the poll panels announced for the state on Sunday.

Both former minister Jitin Prasada and former UP Congress chief Raj Babbar who joined 23 dissenters to seek Congress overhaul recently are absent from the five committees party chief Sonia Gandhi approved today in preparation of the next state election.

The committees are — manifesto, outreach, programme implementation, cadre development and media.

The manifesto panel has among members former minister Salman Khursheed, party veteran PL Punia and spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, while Pramod Tiwari is part of the outreach panel and Rashid Alvi of the media committee.

Former UP Congress chief Nirmal Khatri finds a place in the cadre development panel.

The committees have been announced with the next state elections in mind, with Sonia Gandhi sending a message to rebels. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is the AICC General Secretary for UP.