Gujarat Congress District President List: To defeat BJP in the 2027 Gujarat assembly elections, Congress started the organization creation campaign in March. Under this, Congress had decided to give strength to the district and city presidents. Congress has announced the names of new district and city presidents for the state.
Ahmedabad: Congress has announced the new district and city heads of the state after the exercise of organization creation campaign in Gujarat. On the initiative of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the party had changed the process of appointment of district presidents from Gujarat. The party has made Sonal Patel the Ahmedabad city president, while the old heads have been retained in Vadodara city and district. Rahul Gandhi had visited Gujarat. After this, he appointed PCC observers along with the appointment of AICC observers. After this the party has appointed new city / district presidents. The presidents have been repeated in the list announced by the Congress, but according to an estimate, there are about 50 percent such names. Those who have got the responsibility of district / city president for the first time.
Congress announced 40 city and district presidents for Gujarat.
2027 assembly election target
A statement issued by the Congress said that the party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the appointment of District and City Congress Committee (DCC) presidents in Gujarat with immediate effect. These appointments have been made after a long exercise done under a rigorous organizational under the Organization Creation Campaign. To give a tough fight to the BJP in the 2027 Gujarat Assembly elections, the Congress has started the process of change in the organization from Gujarat. Its goal has been set to revive the party structure from booth to district level.
List of new district and city presidents of Gujarat Congress
Sl. No. Name of District/City President
1 Ahmedabad City Sonal Patel
2 Ahmedabad Rural Rajesh Kumar Gohil
3 Amreli Pratap Dudhat
4 Anand Alpesh Padiyar
5 Aravalli Amubhai Patel
6 Banaskantha Gulab Singh Rajput
7 Bharuch Rajendra Singh Rana
8 Bhavnagar Rural Pravinbhai Rathore
9 Bhavnagar City Manohar Singh Lalbha
10 Botad Himmat Kataria
11 Chhota Udepur Shashikant Rathwa
12 Dahod Harshadbhai Ninama
13 Dang Snehil Thackeray
14 Devbhoomi Dwarka Palbhai Ambalia
15 Gandhi Nagar Arvind Singh Solanki
16 Gandhinagar City Shakti Patel
17 Shakti Patel Punjabhai Vansh
18 Jamnagar City Virendrasinh Jadeja alias Diggubhai
19 Jamnagar Rural Manoj Kathiria
20 Junagadh City Manoj Joshi
21 Kheda Kalusingh Dabhi
22 Kutch V.K. Hambal
23 Mahisagar Harshad Shantilal Patel
24 Mahesana Baldevji Thakor
25 Morbi Kishorbhai Chikhlia
26 Narmada Ranjitsinh Tadvi
27 Navsari Shaileshbhai Patel
28 Panchmahal Chetansinh Parmar
29 Patan Ghembarbhai Patel
30 Porbandar Rambhai Maru
31 Rajkot City Dr. Rajdeepsinh Jadeja
32 Rajkot Rural Hitesh M Vohra
33 Sabarkantha Rambhai Solanki
34 Surat Rural Anand Chaudhary
35 Surat City Vipul Babubhai Udhnawala
36 Surendranagar Naushad Solanki
37 Naushad Solanki Naushad Solanki
38 Naushad Solanki Jashpal Singh Padhiyar
39 Vadodara City Ritwik Joshi
40 Valsad Kishanbhai B Patel
Observers were announced in April
The party had announced Gujarat Assembly polls on April 12, 2025 43 AICC observers and 183 PCC observers were deployed in all the districts of the state. These included state in-charges, MPs, MLAs and former PCC presidents. After this, the AICC observers along with the PCC observers visited all 26 Lok Sabha constituencies, 182 assembly constituencies and almost all 235 block Congress committees. After this, the names of the district and city presidents were decided. Congress is in the worst position in Gujarat till now. Out of 26 Lok Sabha seats, Congress has only Banaskantha seat, while it has only 12 MLAs in the assembly. Congress state chief Shakti Singh Gohil is the only Rajya Sabha member. His term is till April next year.
Written by: Achalendra Katiyar
Achalendra Katiyar has studied from Jamia Millia Islamia Delhi. After this, he worked in reputed national newspapers of Meerut, Kanpur and Delhi. Since June 2020, he has been active in understanding the politics and culture of Gujarat.
Courtesy: Hindi News