<p id="thickbox_headline">Sonia Gandhi on Sunday appointed former MP Udit Raj as president of the Unorganised Workers and Employees Congress with immediate effect.</p>.<p>Prior to the development, she approved the proposal to rename All India Unorganised Workers Congress as Unorganised Workers and Employees Congress (UWEC), party General Secretary KC Venugopal said in a statement.</p>.<p>Udit Raj, a former bureaucrat was an MP from the BJP, but left the party and joined the Congress ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>The appointment of the Dalit leader is significant ahead of Assembly elections in five states, of which Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have a sizeable Dalit population.</p>.<p>The Congress is launching a 15-day nationwide 'Jan Jagran Abhiyaan' from November 14 (Sunday) to November 29 to protest against inflation.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Sonia Gandhi on Sunday appointed former MP Udit Raj as president of the Unorganised Workers and Employees Congress with immediate effect.</p>.<p>Prior to the development, she approved the proposal to rename All India Unorganised Workers Congress as Unorganised Workers and Employees Congress (UWEC), party General Secretary KC Venugopal said in a statement.</p>.<p>Udit Raj, a former bureaucrat was an MP from the BJP, but left the party and joined the Congress ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>The appointment of the Dalit leader is significant ahead of Assembly elections in five states, of which Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have a sizeable Dalit population.</p>.<p>The Congress is launching a 15-day nationwide 'Jan Jagran Abhiyaan' from November 14 (Sunday) to November 29 to protest against inflation.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>