Gogoi Appointed Assam Chief As Cong Mulls Rejigs In Tn, Hp, Haryana

With assembly polls in several states scheduled early next year, party set to change the states' unit chiefs

- ANAND SINGH

The Congress party, on Monday, appointed party leader Gaurav Gogoi as the president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, along with three other working presidents, including Jakir Hussain Sikdar, Roselina Tirkey and Pradip Sarkar.

With assembly elections in several states scheduled early next year, the Congress is mulling to rejig the state unit chiefs to bring the party onto the winning spree.

According to sources, the Congress is mulling to change the state unit chiefs in Tamil Nadu, where assembly elections are scheduled next year. Even the party is mulling to change the state unit chief in the states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

The Congress has announced the new state unit chiefs to the states of Bihar and Kerala, where the assembly elections are due later this year and next year.

Earlier, the source said, in Assam, the Congress was mulling to give the charge of the state to senior party leader and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi.