Rai, who was accorded a warm welcome at the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters here as he reached the state capital from Varanasi, said the main responsibility to make Rahul Gandhi PM must be shouldered by Uttar Pradesh.
The newly-appointed president of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Ajay Rai, will assume office in presence of all national secretaries and senior leaders here on Thursday.
A party spokesman said that Rai would reach the state headquarters in the afternoon and would garland the statues of
Rai said the bond between Amethi and the Congress goes generations back and its people will ensure Rahul Gandhi wins the seat back with a huge margin in the coming Lok Sabha election.
Ajay Rai unlikely to be as pliant as predecessors who were reportedly forced to do bidding of others, party leaders expect Priyanka Gandhi's team to ease out of picture
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