New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS): Congress on Wednesday announced that both its newspapers National Herald (English) and Navjivan (Hindi) would resume publication, and has named Neelabh Mishra as Editor-in-Chief.

According to the Congress, both the newspapers will resume publication in the coming months and it will be followed by resumption of Urdu newspaper Quami Awaz.

Mishra was earlier an editor with Outlook Hindi. 

"The Associated Journals Limited, a company founded in 1937 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, has taken steps to resume publication of its English and Hindi newspapers National Herald and Navjivan," read a statement released by Congress Treasurer Motilal Vora. 

"The company has appointed senior journalist Neelabh Mishra as its Editor-in-Chief for its Hindi and English newspapers and digital properties with immediate effect. Mishra is a leading editor, having previously served as Editor of Outlook Hindi," it added.

The statement further said that Mishra will build and lead the team for both National Herald and Navjivan and their digital and related assets.

The tagline of the forthcoming publications is "Freedom is in peril, defend it with all your might".

"The publications shall seek to give voice to the vision of Pandit Nehru and shall seek to occupy a liberal, progressive, secular space. They shall strive to represent the under-represented and all those deprived of voice, thereby promoting the ideals of a plural, democratic society," read the statement.