Is Rahul Gandhi forming a new team in Rajya Sabha also? Big preparations with stake on new faces

In recent times, the strategy of Congress has been changing rapidly. Gradually, Rahul Gandhi seems to be succeeding in creating ‘his own Congress’ within the Congress party. Be it the election of leadership in many states, expansion of the organization or now the selection of leaders going to Rajya Sabha. All this shows that Rahul Gandhi is now giving preference to grassroots leaders and is sending only dedicated leaders to the Upper House of Parliament. Through this he seems to be building his team. By doing this he is also succeeding in sidelining the ‘old guards’ of the party.

In Tamil Nadu, senior Congress leaders P Chidambaram and even Mallikarjun Kharge wanted to remain with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). In contrast, Rahul Gandhi did not delay in joining hands with Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) immediately after the elections. Even in Kerala, Rahul Gandhi preferred VD Satheesan instead of his very close friend KC Venagopal. Similarly, by making DK Shivakumar the Chief Minister in place of old leader Siddaramaiah, he made it clear that now he will take decisions immediately and will give priority to the interests of the party rather than close relationships.

List of Rajya Sabha candidates is giving indications

Congress has released the list of total 7 candidates for Rajya Sabha elections. Apart from Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Neeraj Dangi, there is a lot of discussion about the remaining five names. Neeraj Dangi and Mallikarjun are still Rajya Sabha MPs and their tenure is ending and both are being sent to Rajya Sabha again. Congress has fielded three candidates from Karnataka and one each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand.

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Congress has fielded Mallikarjun Kharge, Pawan Kheda and Mansoor Ali Khan as candidates from Karnataka. Meenakshi Natarajan from Madhya Pradesh, Neeraj Dangi from Rajasthan, Praveen Chakraborty from Tamil Nadu and Pranab Jha from Jharkhand have been made candidates.

Team Rahul getting stronger?

Pawan Kheda Long time chief spokesperson of Congress. There have been many occasions when he was not sent to the Rajya Sabha, but he has been vocal in talking about the party’s issues, the issues raised by Rahul Gandhi and in finding out and exposing the shortcomings of the ruling party himself. In such a situation, he has been among Rahul Gandhi’s most trusted people for a long time. His specialty is that he is not of any other camp but is a part of Team Rahul.

coming from karnataka Mansoor Ali Khan Is an educationist. He contested the Lok Sabha elections from Bengaluru Central seat in 2024 but lost. Mansoor, who lost by a margin of just 32 thousand votes, has been working with Congress for a long time. He is an expert player of data and social media. He has also been the Secretary of AICC in Kerala and Lakshadweep, hence he also has experience in the organization. Besides, he is also considered close to Rahul Gandhi.

Been waiting for a long time that finally Meenakshi Natarajan When will she go to Rajya Sabha? This time he is being sent from Madhya Pradesh. She is going to Rajya Sabha from the seat which is falling vacant after the end of Digvijay Singh’s term. Meenakshi Natarajan, who stopped BJP’s victory in Mandsaur Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh in 2009, is among those leaders who are very close to Rahul Gandhi.

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Meenakshi, who started her political career from NSUI, has been active in the organization for a long time. For Meenakshi, who is vocal on education and other social issues, there was a voice in the organization for a long time that she should be sent to Rajya Sabha.

Neeraj Dangi is being sent to Rajya Sabha again. The main reason for this is that he is known as a hard-working, continuous struggler and a leader who raises the issues of Dalits. Neeraj, who was active in Congress for more than two decades, had lost the assembly elections three times in a row, but neither did he leave the party nor did the party leave him.

If Joseph Vijay’s party had wanted to field its candidate in Tamil Nadu, it gave this opportunity to Congress. The main reason for this is that Praveen Chakraborty has to be sent to Rajya Sabha. Praveen, who studied from BITS Pilani, has also worked in the Manmohan Singh government. Praveen Chakraborty, one of the key strategists of Congress, is not only close to Rahul Gandhi but has also been among the leaders advocating going with Vijay.

One of the experts in economy Praveen Chakraborty He has been advising Rahul Gandhi on many policy matters ranging from election campaigns. Praveen, who headed the data analytics department in Congress, also has an important influence in the elections on the basis of data. Due to his closeness with Vijay, TVK gave this seat to Congress.

last name Pranav Jha Who has been made the candidate from Jharkhand. There are speculations that cross voting may take place in Jharkhand. Nevertheless, Congress has fielded such a leader who till now has been making strategies from behind the scenes. Pranab Jha, who has been working in the organization for a long time, is the National Secretary of Congress and he is looking after the work of media management and coordination of the organization very well.

What signal is Rahul Gandhi giving?

If we look at all the seven candidates of the party, all have been loyal to Congress for a long time. Rahul Gandhi has been working with the Congress organization in both victory and defeat situations and has proven to be reliable for the party even in difficult times. Most of the leaders are well educated, dedicated to the ideology of the party, hard working and do full time politics. In such a situation, Rahul Gandhi wants to further strengthen his agenda in Parliament through these leaders.