NEW DELHI: Getting into election mood, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appointed various Election Committees in states and two new District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents in Delhi.


The Congress in a statement said Gandhi has approved the names of Kailash Jain and AR Joshi as presidents of Babarpur DCC and Karawal Nagar DCC respectively. He also appointed election committee, campaign committee, publicity committee, media coordination committee and coordination committee for Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC).

In Assam, the party has announced a coordination Committee, campaign Committee, PEC, publicity committee, media coordination committee, manifesto committee and election management team. Former chief minister Tarun Gogoi has been appointed as the chairman of the Congress campaign committee while senior party leader Debabrata Saikia named as the chairman of the coordination committee of the state.

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and former chief minister Siddaramaiah have been appointed as the members of the campaign committee in Karnataka.

The party has also announced social media state coordinators and co-coordinators in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura.