Lucknow: In the silence of silence that could trigger the political battle of Mammoth, the Union Minister and MP Amethi BJP Smriti Irani has replaced the President of Congress Sonia Gandhi as Chair of the Regional Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DRA) at Borough Pocket and the Gandhi Parliament Constitution.
In accordance with the norm, the MP sat from the parliamentary seat in the district appointed as Chair of Disha by the Ministry of Rural Development Union, which made the concept of the Committee in 2016 to maintain the vigil on the implementation of various central schemes through inter-departmental coordination.
At present, Iran also holds the charge in Amethi.
Speaking with Toi, District Judge, Rae Bareli, Vaibhav Srivastava, confirmed its development, said that because the salon block in Rae Bareli District was under Amethi, Iran had made the Disha chairman at Rae Bareli.
Head of Head Development, Rae Bareli, Abhishek Goel, told TI that “the chair was empty since 2019.” Although district officials refused to clarify whether a MP could hold a double district post, the experts said the move was just above Lucknow’s visit scheduled for Secretary General of Congress Priyanka Gandhi and marked BJP’s pointed efforts to make a Congress breakthrough at Borough.
Run-up for assembly next year’s election.
On Tuesday, Iran, who is also a Minister of Perat for the development of women and children, was appointed in the political cabinet committee headed by PM Narendra Modi.
Interestingly, the Rural Development Ministry website still called Sonia Gandhi as Chair of the Hiba Committee for Rae Bareli while his son, Rahul Gandhi, who represented Amethi until 2019 was shown as a co-chairperson.
Rahul is also referred to as Chair of Amethi.
Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Rural Development with Categorical stated that Lok Sabha MP chosen from the district must be made as Chair of the Daia Committee.
If more than one parliamentary member is chosen from the district, the “Senior MP” must be made by the chairman.
Sonia has represented Rae Bareli since 2004, while Iran became a member of the Amethi parliament for the first time in 2019 the selection of Lok Sabha after beating Rahul Gandhi with more than 55,000 margins.
However, Rahul won from Wayanad in Kerala.
The takeover of the Iranian main committee at Rae Bareli came in the midst of the Congress wrestling with defectors in his backyard.
Just before 2019 parliamentary elections, Congress MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh crossed to the Safron camp and opposed Sonia as a BJP candidate, only defeated by more than 1.67 lakh margins.
His brother Rakesh Singh, who is the MLA Congress of the Harchandpur assembly seat too, has been openly hobnobized with BJP.
BJP spokesman at Amethi, Govind Chauhan, said Irani had treated Amethi since 2014, when he was defeated.
“He consistently prepared the constituency that he finally won,” he said, adding his appointment as Chair of Disha at Rae Bareli will accelerate development in neighboring districts.