India, May 31 -- Critics question whether new state unit reflects promised organisational reforms.

The newly constituted Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) has triggered internal criticism over whether the organisation being built in the state reflects the reform commitments that Indian National Congress publicly adopted at its Udaipur Chintan Shivir in 2022.

The criticism emerging from within sections of the state unit centres on two issues: the appointment of leaders who already hold positions in government-backed institutions or existing power structures, and the concentration of organisational space among relatives of established leaders.

The first issue concerns what critics describe as an overlap between government-backe...