Cong picks LU teacher to oversee Dalit issues across UP

Sensing an opportunity for the Congress to bolster its presence on university campuses around the state, and to appeal to the largely unrepresented on-campus Dalit constituency, the scheduled caste cell of UP Congress on Monday appointed Ajay Kumar Arya, a teacher in Lucknow University’s geology department, to oversee all Dalit related issues among students and teachers on campuses across UP.