Sonia Gandhi. File photo
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 7
Kanpur Cantonment MLA Sohail Akhtar Ansari was on Monday named Uttar Pradesh Congress vice president along with former youth Congress leader Yogesh Dikshit.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi approved the appointments ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections with the party putting in place structures to put up a strong fight.
Yesterday the Congress had formed a host of poll related panels for the state keeping dissenting leaders Jitin Prasada and Raj Babbar at bay.
Sonia Gandhi yesterday also named Bal Patel, brother of the slain dreaded UP dacoit Dadua, as member of the UP Congress outreach committee.
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