JAIPUR: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has suspended 31 state office-bearers of the Rajasthan Youth Congress with immediate effect for failing to attend the 'Ramlila March' organised in Delhi, with the organisation taking serious note of their absence from the key event. The suspension remains in place until further orders.

Source: ANI

The Times of India reported from Jaipur that the action covers 43 office-bearers in all, including 12 district presidents, and was taken for alleged indiscipline and violation of organisational directives. The suspension order was signed and authorised by Vikas Chikara, National General Secretary and in-charge for Rajasthan Youth Congress, alongside Gyanesh Shukla, Secretary and co-in-charge. 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."

Source: Times of India, Jaipur

Among those suspended are Prakash Chand Meena from Dausa, Vice President for the SC/ST wing, minority wing general secretaries including Saddam Hussain Meo (Alwar), Faizan Hasan Qureshi (Ajmer Rural), Jafar Hussain Meer (Bhilwara Rural) and Salma Pinara (Chittorgarh), and a total of twenty State Secretaries from districts across Rajasthan, among them Ashish Bairwa Tatwal (Sawai Madhopur), Suresh Godara (Jalore), Navab Khan (Ganganagar) and Sangram Singh Gurjar (Karauli).

43Rajasthan Youth Congress office-bearers suspended in all
31state office-bearers named in the IYC order
12district presidents among those suspended
Nov 1date of the Delhi Ramlila March and rally

The INDIA bloc held the mega rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, November 1, against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner. Top Opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav attended the event, and the march began from the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction towards Ramlila Maidan.

In a separate development on Thursday, the Indian Youth Congress appointed Abhishek Choudhary as president of the Rajasthan Youth Congress, Anil Chopra as senior vice-president and Rajkumar Praswal as vice-president. National Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib issued the appointment orders; the Youth Congress election results had been declared on October 4.