Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday made significant organizational changes by appointing party functionaries as All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretaries and Joint Secretaries for various states. The new appointees are expected to work in close coordination with the respective General Secretaries and In-charges of the party, with their roles taking effect immediately.
Among the notable appointments, Congress spokesperson Alok Sharma has been named the Secretary for Punjab, while Manoj Tyagi will serve as the Joint Secretary for Administration. Pargat Singh has been designated as the Secretary for Uttarakhand, and Subhashini Yadav, the daughter of veteran politician Sharad Yadav, has been entrusted with the crucial responsibility of Secretary for Gujarat.
The appointments reflect the party’s efforts to strengthen its organization ahead of key electoral battles in several states. Below is the complete list of newly-appointed AICC Secretaries and Joint Secretaries:
- Andhra Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Ganesh Kumar Yadav (Secretary); Palak Verma (Joint Secretary)
- Arunachal Pradesh/Meghalaya/Mizoram: Subhankar Sarkar (Secretary); Mathew Antony (Joint Secretary)
- Assam: Prithviraj Sathe and Jitendra Baghel
- Bihar: Devendra Yadav, Sushil Kumar Pasi, Shahnawaz Alam
- Chhattisgarh: S.A. Sampath Kumar and Szarita Laitphlang (Secretaries); Vijay Jangid (Joint Secretary)
- Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu: Anjali Nimbalkar
- Gujarat: Ramkishan Ojha, Usha Naidu, Bhupendra Maravi, and Subhashini Yadav
- Haryana: Manoj Chauhan and Prafulla Vinodrao Gudadhe
- Himachal Pradesh & Chandigarh: Chetan Chauhan and Vidit Chaudhary
- Jharkhand: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka and Sirivella Prasad
- Karnataka: Roji M. John, Mayura S. Jayakumar, Abhishek Dutt, and P. Gopi
- Kerala & Lakshadweep: P.V. Mohan, V.K. Arivazhagan, and Mansoor Ali Khan
- Madhya Pradesh: Sanjay Dutt, Chandan Yadav, and Anand Chaudhari (Secretaries); Rannvijay Singh Lochav (Joint Secretary)
- Maharashtra: B.M. Sandeep, Qazi Nizamuddin, Kunal Choudhary, and U.B. Venkatesh
- Manipur/Nagaland/Tripura/Sikkim: Christopher Tilak
- Odisha: Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary and Roselina Tirkey
- Punjab: Alok Sharma and Ravindra Dalvi
- Rajasthan: Chiranjeev Rao, Rutvik Makwana, and Punam Paswan
- Tamil Nadu & Puducherry: Suraj Hegde
- Telangana: P.C. Vishnunadh and P. Viswanathan
- Uttar Pradesh: Dheeraj Gurjar, Rajesh Tiwari, Tauquir Alam, Pradeep Narwal, Nilanshu Chaturvedi, and Satyanarayan Patel
- Uttarakhand: Pargat Singh and Surender Sharma
- West Bengal: Amba Prasad and Assaf Ali Khan
- Delhi: Danish Abrar and Sukhwinder Singh Danny
- Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh: Divya Maderna and Manoj Yadav
- Organisation: Netta D’Souza, Naveen Sharma, and Neeraj Kundan
- Administration: Sushant Mishra and Manoj Tyagi (Joint Secretaries)
- Treasurer: Nitin Kumbalkar and Nilesh Patel (Joint Secretaries)
- Communication, Publicity, Media: Vineet Punia and Ruchira Chaturvedi
- Office of Congress President: Pranav Jha and Gaurav Pandhi
- Indian Overseas Congress & Foreign Affairs: Arathi Krishna
This reshuffle is part of the Congress’s ongoing efforts to revitalize its organization at both the state and national levels, as the party prepares for upcoming elections in several key states.
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