India, Sept. 13 -- With the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections approaching, the Congress is once again grappling with internal differences. The growing rift between state Congress president Ajay Rai and All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge Rajendra Pal Gautam is emerging as a major concern for the party leadership, and while political parties across Uttar Pradesh have begun intensifying their organisational and electoral preparations, the Congress is increasingly occupied with resolving differences within its state unit. Sources say that the party high command is considering a change of Uttar Pradesh Congress president and that a decision could be announced in the coming days.

The developments come against the backdrop of sim...