LUCKNOW, March 21 -- The Congress party on Thursday initiated a major organisational overhaul by appointing new district presidents for all 75 district party units in Uttar Pradesh. The party also named new city presidents in districts with city units, with indications that the state unit's office bearers will be announced soon.

Rudra Daman Singh has been appointed president of the District Congress Committee (DCC) Lucknow, while Amit Tyagi and Shehzad will continue as presidents of Lucknow Congress' city unit. In Kanpur, Sandeep Shukla will lead the Kanpur Nagar-Gramin DCC, while Pawan Gupta will head the city unit.

A list of 133 district and city unit presidents indicates that the party has focused on strengthening its social justice ...