With Polls Ahead, New Gujarat Congress Chief Has His Task Cut Out
NDTV
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has Jagdish Thakor as new president of the Gujarat Congress
Jagdish Thakor, who emerged as a consensus candidate for the post of president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC), is facing a formidable task of defeating the ruling BJP in the next year's Assembly elections.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed Mr Thakor as new president of the Gujarat Congress, replacing Amit Chavda, the party announced earlier in the day.
An OBC community leader, Mr Thakor, who has good oratory skills, will have to take along all factions in the state unit while taking on the well-organized BJP which has been in power in the state from 1998.
Congress sources said Mr Thakor was a consensus candidate as former state unit chiefs Bharatsinh Solanki and Arujn Modhwadia were also in the race.
