The Congress celebration on Saturday appointed senior chief Avinash Pande because the Basic Secretary answerable for Uttar Pradesh, forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Responding to the appointment, Pande wrote on X, ‘Smt. Priyanka ji, I resolve to construct upon your legacy. As Basic Secretary In cost, I’ll profit from the authority invested in my place and the mandate given to me.’
WHO IS AVINASH PANDE?
The previous Rajya Sabha MP was answerable for the celebration in Jharkhand and was a member of the Congress Working Committee, the very best decision-making physique of the grand previous celebration.
Initially from Nagpur in Maharashtra and a lawyer by career, Pande rose to Congress management by means of the celebration’s college students’ wing and the Youth Congress. He held numerous positions within the celebration on the state stage and nationwide stage throughout his decades-long political profession.
He was elected as a Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra in 2010. Pande was additionally a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council and a member of a number of administrative committees within the state.
Earlier than the 2018 Rajasthan election, he was appointed because the in-charge of the state. Nonetheless, in the course of the high-pitched tussle between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot, he was faraway from the submit.
In January 2022, he was appointed because the AICC Basic Secretary answerable for Jharkhand.