Congress members in Dehradun celebrated Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s decision to let Pradesh Congress Committee presidents continue on their posts. Earlier, in a Press release the All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardan Dwivedi had stated that the party president Rahul Gandhi had take a decision that presidents of all Pradesh Congress committees, regional Congress committees and territorial Congress committees will continue in their posts after the organisational election also unless some decision is taken to replace them. At the Congress Bhawan here on Sunday, the party members celebrated with fireworks and sweets. The Congress Mahanagar president Prithviraj Chauhan said that a new energy has been generated among the party workers under Pritam Singh as the PCC president.
He expressed confidence that the party will register a victory in the coming local body elections under Singh’s leadership. Under his leadership, the Congress has cornered the State Government on delimitation, price rise, dues of sugar can farmers and national highway 74 scam among other issues which have made the State Government uncomfortable, added Chauhan. The Kedarnath MlA Manoj Rawat said that the party workers are united under Singh’s leadership. The PCC vice president Suryakant Dhasmana, former Mahanagar head lal Chand Sharma, OBC commission former head Ashok Verma and other party members were also present on the occasion.