Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was made a senior observer for next year's Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by the Congress on Saturday amid turmoil in the party over the top job in his state. Mr Baghel, who had played a crucial role in the Assam assembly elections with his team carrying out extensive booth training of party workers, has in the past discussed the preparations for the elections in UP with Congress general secretary in-charge Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.