Lucknow/New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Congress MP Nirmal Khatri has been appointed Uttar Pradesh Congress president, replacing Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who had put in her papers after the party put up a poor show in the March state assembly polls.
Khatri, who represents Faizabad in parliament, was appointed to the post Monday night, party leaders said.
"Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Nirmal Khatri, MP as president of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect," a party statement said Tuesday.
Khatri, 61, belongs to the traditional Vaish business community and is considered uncontroversial. He is known to be close to both the Congress chief and her son, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
His stint with the Congress began as a Youth Congress worker in the 1970s. He was Youth Congress president in 1982, secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) between 2004 and 2010 and also minister of state in the state twice in the 1980s. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984 after former prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.
A special invitee to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), Khatri was also member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) set up to examine matters related to the allocation and princing of telecom licenses and spectrum.
The Congress leadership had hinted at a revamp of the state unit after the poll debacle in March. In June, Pradeep Mathur was made new Congress Legislature Party (CLP) chief in place of old loyalist Pramod Tiwari.
The Congress has been out of power in Uttar Pradesh since 1989 after the Mandal and the Ram Mandir movements saw it lose its hold on one of the party's long standing bastions.
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ayaz khan achchoo
August 31, 2012 at 4:32 PM
indra gandhi ki kahi yeh baat pakka irada atoot vishvash durandeshi kahin na kahi nirmal khatri ke dilo dimag me apna muqaam bana chuki thi jisne aaj ek behad lambe safar kebaad utter pardesh cong. ki baagdaor thama kar yeh yaqeen dela dya ki apne netaon kie padh chinho pe chalne aor aastha rakhne walo ka sitara ek na ek din chamakta jaroor hai nirmal khatri ko mai bahoot qareeb se janta hun unke bare me kuch likhne baithunga to waqth kam pad jaega chater neta se hi jujharu aor mazboot eradon se aagy hi badhte rahne ka haosla unko virasat me mila hai...groopbandi ko apne madhiyam se kabhi panapne nahi dya sabhi ko saath le ke aage badhte rahy yahi vajeh hai ki pardesh ke sheersh kursi unko dey jane se sabho khush hai...par gudbazi ke unkur jo pichle 20 saaalon me vishal virch le chuke hain unko ukhad fhekna namumkin sa hai haan ankush lagane me unko kaamyabi milegi..congress party me jab youwaon ka udae huwa to utter pardesh me chand naojawano ne 1977 me janta partty ke shashan ko ukhad fhekne ke ley apne aap ko samarpit kar dya jis me ek chamakta huwa faizabad ke chater neta ke roop me ubhre kar nirmal khatri ka haijo savtenterta senani aor desh ko savtentr karane me mahataopurn yogdaan dene wale pandit jawahar laal nehru ke samkaaleen samajwadi wichardhara ke janak acharey narender dev ke nawasy(nati) hain ...