Abhishek Choudhary appointed IYC Rajasthan president

Jaipur, Nov 5 (PTI) The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Thursday appointed Abhishek Choudhary as president of its Rajasthan unit after he secured the highest number of votes in the organisation's internal elections.

    IYC national president Uday Bhanu Chib issued the appointment order.

    Among the other appointments, Anil Chopra was named the senior vice-president, while Rajkumar Parswal was made the vice-president.

    The results of Youth Congress organisational elections were declared on October 4. Choudhary secured 6.15 lakh votes, followed by Chopra with around 5.45 lakh votes and Parswal with 1.95 lakh votes.

    The election results were followed by interviews before the appointments were formally announced.

    Choudhary had contested the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections from the Jhotwara constituency on a Congress ticket but lost to the BJP candidate Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore by 50,167 votes.

    Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra congratulated Choudhary and the other newly appointed office-bearers.

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