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Updated: Aug 31, 2019 01:15 IST

Former Union minister Jitin Prasada on Friday urged Congress general secretary for east Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to stay in Lucknow for a longer duration for regular interaction with the party workers and leaders.

In the senior leaders’ meet, Priyanka was told that Congress should immediately appoint a new state chief as incumbent Raj Babbar had already resigned.

Senior leaders Mohsina Kidwai, Pramod Tiwari, Sriprakash Jaiswal, RPN Singh, Pradeep Jain ‘Aditya’, Nirmal Khatri and PL Punia were also present.