Congress appoints new in-charges for Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, appointed the new All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal as part of the party’s ongoing organizational shake-up.

In the statement made by AICC general secretary (organization) KC Venugopal, it was stated that Ghulam Ahmed Mir is the new AICC general secretary in charge of Tamil Nadu, replacing Girish Chodankar.

Mr Mir was previously in charge of West Bengal. Now Prakash Joshi has been appointed in his place.

On June 26, the party appointed new AICC incharges for Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Haryana. While Sanjay Dutt replaced BK Hariprasad as the new Haryana in-charge, Mr. Hariprasad was appointed as the new chief of the Karnataka Congress. Lalji Desai became the new AICC in-charge of Odisha, replacing Ajay Kumar Lallu.

Rajendra Pal Gautam, who heads the party’s Scheduled Caste department, has been named as the new in-charge of Uttar Pradesh.