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When he took over from senior Congress chief Mohan Prakash in Bihar, many within the get together had been stunned on the excessive command’s choice. Now, the 51-year-old is thought to be one of many key strategists behind Rahul Gandhi’s Vote Adhikar Yatra. Although he formally grew to become a joint secretary in 2018, he had lengthy been a part of the core group managing the youth wing beneath Rahul’s steerage.

“After we heard about his appointment as state in-charge, we had been a bit stunned. On paper, he was solely a joint secretary and Youth Congress in-charge, not a common secretary, nor had he ever managed a serious state. However given his proximity to the excessive command (learn Rahul), nobody questioned the choice. Nonetheless, many people felt {that a} state like Bihar required a seasoned chief, not only a backroom strategist,” a Bihar MP informed ThePrint.

The opinion was seconded by a senior observer from north India who’s working in Bihar. “Allavaru could have executed commendable work within the Youth Congress, however Bihar is a special enjoying subject. Right here, solely these with robust political instincts survive. He’s fairly a reserved particular person, whereas in states like UP and Bihar, individuals admire leaders who’re interactive and communicative,” the senior observer informed ThePrint.

Earlier than becoming a member of the Indian Youth Congress as a nationwide government member in 2010, Allavaru labored for 5 years as a guide with the Boston Consulting Group in Singapore. Previous to that, he had served as a senior guide at KPMG India and co-founded Shaadis.com Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai, in line with his profile in LinkedIn.

However, Allavaru undertook intensive visits to attach with the organisation’s grassroots employees. Inside a month of his appointment, the get together elevated Dalit MLA Rajesh Ram because the Bihar unit chief. Based on Congress insiders, Allavaru strongly pushed for Ram’s elevation, changing Akhilesh Prasad Singh, who was thought-about near RJD chief Lalu Yadav.

He additionally performed a key function in reactivating youth chief Kanhaiya Kumar’s political presence in Bihar by planning the Palayan Roko, Naukri Do padyatra. Inside just a few months, Allavaru managed to energise the get together cadre, in line with individuals near him.

Allavaru, in line with a Congress functionary, performed a key function in designing coaching programmes for the Youth Congress. He launched the ‘One Unit Administration’ mannequin, which targeted on the micromanagement and organisational strengthening of youth models throughout the nation.

”I keep in mind he used to coach members on the micro-management of district, block, and sales space models, together with methods to lift points and organise protests towards governments. He emphasised the significance of involving youth in politics,” the functionary mentioned, including that he was often known as a ‘coaching grasp’ for his modules that he introduced utilizing a laptop computer.

Many imagine he joined the get together in 2010 following a gathering with Rahul, who was then in command of the Youth Congress and the Nationwide College students’ Union of India (NSUI).

“How he first met Rahul and determined to go away his company profession for politics stays unclear, however that assembly reportedly modified his outlook in direction of public life,” a former Youth Congress chief informed ThePrint. “Rahul trusts him as a result of he gave up a profitable profession to change into a political activist. So far as I keep in mind, he was actively concerned in organising reduction camps in the course of the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.”

The Andhra Pradesh native got here into the highlight in 2021 when he was despatched by the Congress excessive command as an observer in Punjab after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s resignation. Many in Congress circles imagine Allavaru beneficial Charanjit Channi to Rahul as an acceptable CM candidate.

Former Youth Congress chief Srinivas B.V., who labored with Allavaru for over a decade, recalled that the latter prefers to pay attention extra and converse much less. “He believes in getting the job executed,” Srinivas mentioned. “It was beneath his management within the Youth Congress that we started appointing spokespersons. He launched the Younger India Ke Bol programme to provide younger individuals from totally different areas a platform to voice their opinions on present points.”

Equally, Mohammed Haris Nalapad, a former president of the Karnataka Youth Congress, asserted that Allavaru is a result-oriented one who doesn’t imagine in flattery. “Allavaru works round the clock for the get together and for Rahul Gandhi. He by no means flaunts his achievements and prefers to remain low-key. I keep in mind in the course of the Youth Congress membership drive, he ensured that each one the funds collected had been positioned in a set deposit for the organisation’s use,” he informed ThePrint.

(Edited by Tony Rai)