Overview
- AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal announced screening committees for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and West Bengal via an official press release.
- The Assam panel includes Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, Imran Masood and Sirivella Prasad as members under Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s chairmanship.
- The committees are tasked with shortlisting candidates and conducting internal consultations, with state in-charges, PCC chiefs, CLP leaders and attached AICC secretaries serving ex officio.
- Madhusudan Mistry will chair the Kerala committee, T.S. Singh Deo will lead Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and B.K. Hariprasad will head West Bengal.
- The move follows Congress’s recent restructuring in Assam, including Gaurav Gogoi’s elevation as state party chief, after losing power there in 2016.