The Congress on Saturday appointed Sachin Pilot as general secretary in-charge of Chhattisgarh and Avinash Pande as general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, replacing Kumari Selja and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra respectively.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will now be general secretary « without assigned portfolio », according to a statement issued by the Congress.
The appointments come two days after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, which was chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by senior leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Pilot, former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, replaces Kumari Selja, now appointed as chief secretary in-charge of Uttarakhand, the statement said.
Congress leader GA Mir is the general secretary in-charge of Jharkhand with additional charge of West Bengal, he said. Deepa Dasmunshi has been appointed as the general secretary of Kerala and Lakshadweep with additional charge of Telangana.
Senior leaders Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Mukul Wasnik and Randeep Singh Surjewala remain general secretary in charge of communication, organization, Gujarat and Karnataka respectively.
Jitendra Singh, who is the chief secretary in-charge of Assam, has been given the additional charge of Madhya Pradesh, while Deepak Babaria holds the additional charge of Delhi and the additional charge of Haryana, the statement said.
The appointments were made with immediate effect by the Congress President, the statement said.
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