Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday, December 5 dissolved the whole Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) unit in Uttar Pradesh, along with the district and block units, effective immediately, according to a press statement.
This decision is seen as part of the party's plan to restructure its Uttar Pradesh unit and prepare for the next Assembly elections in the state in 2027.
In an official statement, AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal confirmed the same when he said, "Congress President has approved the proposal to dissolve the entire state unit of the PCC, along with the district presidents and Block Congress Committees of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, with immediate effect."
All the committees, subcommittees, and district level units of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee have been cancelled effective from now. And due to that, all such previous officers, executive committee members and all the leaders attached with special charge would end the time spent here.
The Congress performed abysmally in the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections and 2022 Assembly elections. Hence, the party needs to re-establish itself in Uttar Pradesh, which was once a Congress stronghold.
However, under Kharge's leadership, the grand old party is trying to bring forward youth and grassroots leaders into its fold. The party leadership believes it is necessary to change the old committee and induct new energy into it.
As many as 403 Assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh would play an important role in the soon-to-be-held elections. The organizational change is aimed at strengthening the Congress at the regional level.
The party will choose new leadership, which can understand ground issues better. Simultaneously, efforts will also be made to rectify accountability of old leaders. This decision by Congress will have more impact in those Assembly seats in the state where the party currently has less influence.
New committees could be formed to create a balance between young and experienced party leaders in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress will now reconstitute its structure in both rural and urban areas of the state keeping in mind caste equations.
Earlier on November 6, Kharge had dissolved the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), along with its district and block units, in a significant restructuring move.
The decision, effective immediately, was aimed at revamping the party's structure in the Congress-led hill state that had not witnessed a major reorganisation since the party's government was established there.
