In a major political development, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM) MLA Jignesh Mewani are likely to join Congress on September 28, said sources on Saturday.
Earlier it was reported that the two young leaders would be inducted into the party by Rahul Gandhi on October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti. However, the induction has been preponed to September 28 – the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
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Jignesh Mevani, who is a Dalit leader and MLA from Gujarat’s Vadgam constituency, could be made a working president of Congress’ state unit, suggest sources. While Kanhaiya Kumar, who is a former president of JNU students’ union, is expected to bolster the party’s Bihar unit with dynamic faces when he joins the Congress.
According to reports, Kumar has already held multiple meetings with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi to discuss his role in the party. He had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Begusarai but was pipped by BJP’s Giriraj Singh. Meanwhile, Mevani has been full of praises lately for Congress, lauding the party’s decision to appoint a Dalit chief ministe
Congress is said to be strategising a national movement against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). For this, influential youth have been identified and Rahul Gandhi is constituting a team of these young leaders to counter the heavy vote base garnered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
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Earlier this year, Jitin Prasad and Sushmita Dev resigned from the primary membership of the party. While Prasad joined the BJP, Dev became a part of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). In order to revive the party and bring young faces to the forefront, sources said that Rahul Gandhi is holding talks with young leaders including Gujarat Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jignesh Mevani.
Meanwhile, some party leaders are also of the opinion that Kumar’s recruitment to the party might not be beneficial due to his association in the alleged case of raising ‘anti-national’ slogans at JNU in 2016.
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