Overview
- Party president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the teams with immediate effect, with AICC general secretary K. C. Venugopal announcing the assignments for five poll-bound regions.
- D. K. Shivakumar, Bhupesh Baghel and Bandhu Tirkey were tasked with Assam, and Shivakumar said he would take the role as party duty, as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leads the state’s screening committee.
- Sachin Pilot, K. J. George, Imran Pratapgarhi and Kanhaiya Kumar were named senior observers for Kerala.
- Mukul Wasnik, Uttam Kumar Reddy and Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin will oversee preparations in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, while Sudip Roy Barman, Shakeel Ahmad Khan and Prakash Joshi were assigned to West Bengal.
- Observers have been asked to begin consultations with state units and report to the central leadership, with elections expected in the first half of 2026 and an opposition alliance already announced in Assam.