Will Congress’ Strategy to Appoint 4 Working Presidents in Surat be Successful?

Forward of the meeting elections in Gujarat, the state Congress’ bid to energise its cadre in Surat by making new appointments has, nevertheless, raised questions whether or not the adjustments are efficient sufficient?

Hasmukh Desai was appointed because the chief of its unit in Surat and 4 working presidents to town Congress committee had been additionally inducted. That is the primary time within the historical past of Surat Congress and state social gathering as effectively that 4 working presidents have been appointed within the metropolis.

The brand new working presidents are Bhupendra Solanki, Ashok Pinpale, Firoz Malik and Deep Nayak.

“This reveals that the social gathering is on the brink within the metropolis and staff have misplaced belief and religion in its management,” says Raju Saluke, a senior journalist from Surat.

The Congress social gathering doesn’t have a mass and aggressive chief in Surat. “Simply to accommodate 4 warring teams, the social gathering should have appointed 4 working presidents, however will they give you the option restore the social gathering’s picture and construct confidence among the many voters and staff?” stated Saluke.

As soon as the forte of Congress, Surat was conquered by BJP in 1990. Since then the social gathering has been performing badly in each election, be it civic polls, Meeting or the Lok Sabha. The social gathering has no representatives within the Surat Municipal Company in addition to the state Meeting from right here.

In accordance with the Elections Fee’s document, the Congress social gathering’s final MLA obtained elected from Surat North, West and Choryasi constituencies in 1985 elections and from the Surat East seat final MLA obtained elected in 2002. Submit-delimitation in 2009, town has 12 seats, earlier rural seats like Olpad and Kamrej at the moment are a part of town, eight extra seats had been carved — Varachha Street, Karanj, Limbayat, Udhna, Majura, Katargam. Since 2012, all 12 seats are with BJP.

“It’s a exhausting indisputable fact that the Congress is basically in a really unhealthy situation within the metropolis,” accepts newly appointed metropolis president Hasmukh Desai, however with 4 working presidents, the social gathering has tried to do social engineering. Desai is a Patidar, Bhupendra Solanki is a Dalit and authentic Surti, Deep Nayak is Anavil Brahmin, higher caste from South Gujarat, Ashok Pinpale is a Marathi from the Khandesh space of Maharashtra and Firoz Malek represents the minority.

Desai explains that these castes/communities have good numbers of electors, dominating in minimal two to a few Meeting seats. It will assist in constructing the social gathering base to win seats and begin from zero.

“The largest downside for the social gathering is that its leaders have misplaced contact with the employees in addition to voters, that can be addressed,” stated working president Bhupendra Solanki, and added, “I and the brand new group will begin contacting outdated veterans and social gathering staff, who’re inactive. This time it will likely be private conferences, no telephonic contacts, this can construct the social gathering once more. Strengthening the social gathering is the one resolution and we are going to do it.”

Solanki and Desai are assured that the brand new technique will work for the social gathering and this time the social gathering will bounce again and win Meeting seats.

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