Madhusudan Mistry may be next GPCC chief

If the latest buzz in the political corridors is to be believed, former Sabarkantha MP Madhusudan Mistry is the frontrunner for the post of president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC). The post is lying vacant since October last week after Siddharth Patel stepped down from the post in the wake of the Congress party’s debacle in municipal corporation and taluka and district panchayat elections.

Mistry’s candidature is being considered mainly because it is believed that the high command does not want to repeat any past president. The other frontrunners, Arjun Modhwadia and Shankersinh Vaghela, have held the position earlier.  Mistry has been very active in spurring tribal development and implementation of the national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS). He joined the Congress with Vaghela from the Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP).