New Delhi, Aug 30 : Aiming to be targeted by the former party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, a group of personal assistants (PAs) and security personnel who manage the Congress, Rahul Gandhi’s team includes former bankers, business students and even an ex SPG personnel.Alankar Sawai, K.Raju, K.B.Byju and Kaushal Vidhyarthi together with Kanishka Singh are believed to be close to Gandhi and are part of his circle of advisors, who manage his calendar and control his access to his personal information.
Let’s take a look at their backgrounds:
Sawai is a former bank executive who is with Rahul Gandhi for a long time.He is the person who is the main actor in Rahul Gandhi’s cabinet, as well as the party’s insiders and also controls access to Gandhi.He was responsible for the social media accounts of the leader, but has since taken on a an even bigger responsibility in his office.
Byju is an ex- SPG officer, who is with Rahul for a long time and is responsible for his travel schedule.He also acts as the one to interface with journalists during Rahul’s tours , and is the one who calls the shots.
Raju is an ex- IAS officer in 1991, who was and was drafted to the NAC by the late (undivided) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajashekhar Reddy.He was close to Sonia Gandhi and now handles Rahul Gandhi’s social outreach, particularly for the SCs, OBCs and STs as he was the chair of the Congress SC department.
Kanishka Singh has been elevated to a higher position and is now in charge of the Congress trusts.He was in the Wharton Business School before moving to the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s office, and later to Rahul Gandhi’s office.His father was an IFS officer.
Vidyarthi has been educated in an international University and is now the official PA of Rahul Gandhi.
A gentle individual, he always picks up the phone when he is called.He is also the victim of Azad.
Sachin Rao who is the head of the Congress training cell, has been removed of Rahul Gandhi’s office, but his advice is considered to be important.He has been studying in the Michigan Business School.
Praveen Chakravarty who is the chairman of the department of data analytics is believed to be making a mistake in his analysis of data as insiders claim that he predicted a significant amount of seats in the 2019 elections, however the actual outcomes were something different.He worked with the former Union Finance Minister Chidambaram and is in charge of the analysis of social media.
Rahul Gandhi’s party of K.C.Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala and the state in-charges are criticised for failing to win the states that went to the elections.In Uttarakhand the State in-charge Devendra Yadav and in Goa the state’s in-charges Dinesh Gundu Rao, Girish Chodankar, in Punjab Ajay Maken and Harish Chaudhary all failed in the recent elections as did Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh who relied on Sandeep Singh, Ajay Kumar Lallu and Aradhana Mishra.
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