Congress National President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday formed various election and campaign committees in different states and appointed two new District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents in Delhi.AR
According to a press release, the Congress President has also appointed an election committee, campaign committee, publicity committee, media coordination committee and coordination committee for Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC).
Congress also appointed social media state coordinators and co-coordinators for Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh https://t.co/qEAo08f2Qn
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He has approved the names of AR Joshi and Kailash Jain as presidents of Karawal Nagar District Congress Committee (DDC) and Babarpur DCC, respectively.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and former Karnataka Chief Minister SG Siddharamaiah are among some of the prominent party leaders appointed as the members of the campaign committee in Karnataka.
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Appointment of office bearers to various committees for Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee.
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Appointment of Social Media State Coordinators and Co-Coordinators. pic.twitter.com/4itSpffj9S
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While announcing the election management team in Assam, the Gandhi scion appointed former state chief minister Tarun Gogoi as the chairman of the Congress campaign committee while Debabrata Saikia has been declared as chairman for the coordination committee of the state.
The party has also appointed social media state coordinators and co-coordinators in Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.
According to the announcements made by the Congress last month, Mallikarjun Kharge has been also appointed as the chairman of the Maharashtra Coordination Committee.
Former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has been given the important role in as the chairman of the campaign committee.
The Congress also appointed a senior leader and former chief minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chauhan, as the chairman of Congress’ manifesto committee in the state. Veteran Congress leader Ratnakar Mahajan has been appointed as the chairman of the publicity and publication committee.