New Delhi, (UNI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday appointed former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as general secretary of Punjab and Syed Naseer Hussain of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
According to a statement issued by party general secretary KC Venugopal these appointments have been made with immediate effect.
Besides general secretaries, Kharge also appointed in-charges for several states and Union Territories.
Senior Congress leader Rajani Patil has been made in-charge of Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh; BK Hariprasad for Haryana; Harish Chaudhary for Madhya Pradesh; Girish Chodankar for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; Ajay Kumar Lallu for Odisha; K Raju for Jharkhand; Meenakshi Natarajan for Telangana; Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka for Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim and Nagaland;and Krishna Allavaru for Bihar.