The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has suspended 68 office-bearers from its Uttar Pradesh East unit, including five from Prayagraj, for their failure to attend a party rally in New Delhi. The suspensions took effect immediately as per an official order dated November 12.The disciplinary action was initiated by the IYC National President and formalised by Vishal Singh, Uttar Pradesh East Youth Congress President, and State Co-Incharge Narasimha Yadav Peddagolla. The order stated, “Taking serious note of your absence from the Delhi event, the IYC Leadership has decided to suspend the following office bearers with immediate effect until further notice.”The list of suspended officials includes three state vice-presidents, 33 state general secretaries, 18 state secretaries, one joint secretary, 12 District Youth Congress presidents, and one social media coordinator. Specifically, the state vice-presidents suspended are Jitesh Kr Mishra, Vijay Laxmi Chaubey, and Ajeet Khairwar. Joint Secretary Lalit Nishad and Social Media Coordinator Satyam Pandey are also among those suspended.The 12 District Youth Congress presidents suspended are Yash Mishra Banti (Ballia), Sudhir Yadav (Basti), Madhvendra Murti Ojha (Chandauli), Ankur Shukla (Kaushambi), Sharvendra Kr Kharwar (Kushinagar), Afsar Ahmed (Mau), Anshu Kr Pandey (Mirzapur), Saurabh Pandey (Prayagraj), Sharawan Kumar (Sant Kabir Nagar), Pankaj Chaturvedi (Siddharthnagar), Vikas Singh (Varanasi), and Shubam Shukla (Maharajganj). Notably, five office-bearers from Prayagraj are included in the disciplinary action.Earlier, on November 5, the Indian Youth Congress had suspended 31 office-bearers of the Rajasthan Youth Congress for their absence from the ‘Ramlila March’ held in Delhi. That suspension was authorised by Vikas Chikara, National General Secretary and In-Charge of Rajasthan Youth Congress, and Gyanesh Shukla, Secretary and Co-In-Charge of Rajasthan Youth Congress. The order stated, “Taking your absence from the ‘Ramlila March’ held in Delhi, the leadership of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has decided to suspend the following office bearers of Rajasthan with immediate effect until further orders.”
Indian Youth Congress suspends 68 UP East leaders over rally absence
