Shaktisinh Gohil is new Congress chief in Gujarat, replaces Jagdish Thakor
Hindustan TimesAhmedabad: The Congress on Friday appointed Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil as the new Gujarat Congress president ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year. New Delhi: Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil was appointed as Gujarat Congress president Congress general secretary KC Venugopal announced the decision to appoint Gohil along with changes in Mumbai and Puducherry. Legislator Varsha Gaikwad was appointed as Mumbai Congress president and V Vaithilingam was appointed as Puducherry Congress chief “The party appreciates the contributions of the outgoing PCC PCC/RCC presidents Shri Jagdish Thakor, Shri AV Subramanian and Shri Bhai Jagtap,” Venugopal said. Jagdish Thakor, a senior other backward classes leader who was elevated as Gujarat Congress chief in 2021, and offered to resign after the party’s poor performance in the 2022 assembly elections in Gujarat when the party reached its lowest-ever legislator tally of 17 out of 182.