Senior Leaders Removed as Congress Reshuffles State In-Charges
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has made major changes in the organization on Friday. Under this reshuffle, new general secretaries and in-charges for several states have been appointed, while many senior leaders have been removed from their posts.
Baghel and Naseer Hussain have important responsibilities
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain have been appointed general secretaries of the Congress. Along with this, Baghel has been given the responsibility of Punjab and Naseer Hussain has been given the responsibility of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
New in-charges in many states including Bihar
The Congress has changed the in-charges of many states including Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana.
Bihar: Krishna Allavaru replaces Mohan Prakash as new in-charge
Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh: Rajni Patil replaces Rajeev Shukla.
Haryana: B.K. Hariprasad takes charge as new in-charge.
Madhya Pradesh: Harish Chaudhary gets the responsibility.
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: Girish Chodankar takes charge
Odisha: Ajay Kumar Lallu appointed.
Jharkhand: K. Raju was given the responsibility.
Telangana: Meenakshi Natarajan takes charge
Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim and Nagaland: Saptagiri Sankara Ulaka was appointed.
Many senior leaders leave
In this change, the Congress withdrew the charge of the states from many old leaders. They are Deepak Babaria, Mohan Prakash, Bharatsinh Solanki, Rajiv Shukla, Devendra Yadav and Ajay Kumar.
Changes in Maharashtra Congress
The Congress on Thursday appointed Harshvardhan Sapkal as the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
Political Significance
This reshuffle is being linked to the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Congress has tried to strengthen the organization in the states by balancing experienced and new leaders.