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Congress chief makes key appointments in poll-bound Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday announced key appointments in poll-bound Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, including a seven-member executive committee for the latter.

Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan, former Minister Harak Singh, MLA Kiran Choudhry and former MP Shamsher Singh Dullo have been appointed as AICC coordinators for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly Elections, a statement said.

The Congress president has also approved the proposal of attaching B.P. Singh (secretary, AICC) and Rajendra Singh Kumpavat (former PRO, Rajasthan) with senior election observer Madhusudan Mistry, till the conclusion of the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections, it said

Apart from setting up the executive committee, Mr. Kharge appointed 23 general secretaries and 140 secretaries in the Chhattisgarh unit. The reorganisation of the Congress’s Chhattisgarh unit comes over a month after the party appointed MP Deepak Baij, a prominent young tribal leader from Bastar region, as its State unit chief, replacing Mohan Markam.

The executive committee of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee comprises Lal Ji Chandravanshi, Shakun Dahariya, Ganga Potai, Shiv Netam, Surendra Pratap Jaiswal, Vishnu Yadav and Bhola Ram Sahu, according to a statement issued by the party.

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