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Scuffle breaks out at Ajay Rai's Lucknow office ahead of state Congress president's takeover
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News18•11-10-2026, 18:30
Scuffle breaks out at Ajay Rai's Lucknow office ahead of state Congress president's takeover
- •A scuffle broke out among Congress workers at the office of former Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai in Lucknow.
- •The incident occurred ahead of Aradhana Misra-Mona’s charge-taking ceremony as the new state Congress president.
- •Ajay Rai criticized the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, alleging names of vulnerable people in slums were removed.
- •The Congress recently appointed Aradhana Mishra Mona as the new UPCC president ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
- •Mona emphasized strengthening the party at the grassroots level and working with the INDIA bloc ally Samajwadi Party.
Key Questions Answered
A clash erupted between supporters of former state party chief Ajay Rai and Congress women's state president Mamta Chaudhary during Aradhana Mishra's charge-taking ceremony.
Aradhana Mishra 'Mona' was appointed as the new president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee on October 2, 2026, succeeding Ajay Rai.
The party aims to strengthen its organization, build outreach through the INDIA bloc, and form the government in Uttar Pradesh in the 2027 Assembly elections.
