Jitu patwari: Congress state president Jitu

Congress state president Jitu Patwari on Sunday blamed the state government for growing tendency of liquor consumption among women, saying the administration’s policies were encouraging ... Jitu Patwari is a Congress leader and former MLA from Rau, Madhya Pradesh. He was the cabinet minister of higher education, youth and sports affairs and the president of MPCC. He lost the 2023 election and faced several criminal cases. As Madhya Pradesh on Saturday celebrated its 70th Foundation Day, State Congress President Jitu Patwari on this occasion, pointed towards crucial issues, including mounting debt, unemployment,... O n December 16, 2023, the Congress had announced Jitendra ‘ Jitu’ Patwari as their new Madhya Pradesh state president, signalling a generational change as he replaced veteran Kamal Nath. Patwari took over just after the somewhat humiliating defeat in the assembly poll, where the party won just 66 out of 230 seats—a near-halving of its 2018 tally of 114, that too in a poll many pundits believed the Congress should have won. Almost a year into office, has Patwari managed to del­i­ver ...