New Delhi: Congress Saturday appointed Sachin Pilot as general secretary in-charge of poll-bound Punjab, replacing Bhupesh Baghel, who has been shifted to Assam in the same position.
The party has also appointed Randeep Singh Surjewala as general secretary in-charge of Gujarat. He will, however, continue to be in-charge of Karnataka, which recently saw a smooth transition of power.
Punjab goes to polls early next year while assembly elections in Gujarat will be held later next year.
AICC general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, said in a statement that the Congress president has reassigned/appointed party functionaries as AICC general secretary/incharge for different states with immediate effect.
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Sukhdeo Bhagat has been appointed as Chhattisgarh in-charge, Dr Sirivella Prasad as Maharashtra in-charge and P V Mohan as Andhra Pradesh in-charge.
“The party appreciates the contributions of the following outgoing General Secretary/In-charges — Jitendra Singh, Ramesh Chennithala and Manickam Tagore,” Venugopal said.
Mukul Wasnik will continue as general secretary, AICC, according to the statement.
