New Delhi, Jan 23 (ET): Congress President Rahul Gandhi today appointed Priyanka Gandhi as AICC General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East and Jyotiraditya Scindia as AICC General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh west.
With the appointment as AICC general Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra officially enters active politics ahead of the general elections later this year.
K.C Venugopal has been appointed as the new AICC General Secretary (Organisation).
Venugopal will be replacing Ashok Gehlot - the new Rajasthan Chief Minister- who until recently served as the party General Secretary (Organisation). Priyanka, on the other hand, replaces Ghulam Nabi Azad as the AICC general Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. Azad will now be AICC General Secretary for Haryana.