Congress appoints Ajoy Kumar as Jharkhand unit chief

New Delhi, Nov 16 : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday named Ajoy Kumar as the President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee and Alamgir Alam as the leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in the state.

Ajoy Kumar, who is the national spokesperson of the Congress party, was a member of Lok Sabha from Jamshedpur constituency. He is also a former IPS officer.

While Alam was retained as the leader of Jharkhand Congress Legislature Party, Ajoy Kumar replaced Sukhdeo Bhagat as the Jharkhand PCC chief.

The revamp in the organisational structure in the Congress party has been done in view of the assembly elections in the state in 2019.

Subodh Kant Sahay has been made the Chairman of Campaign Committee and Jai Prakash Gupta has been appointed as Chairman of Manifesto Committee. K.N. Tripathi is the new Chairman of Co-ordination Committee.

Rameshwar Oraon has been appointed as the Chairman of Planning and Strategy Committee, Tilak Dhari Singh the Chairman of Disciplinary Committee and Dhiraj Sahu as the Chairman of Election Campaign Material Committee.

Pradeep Tulsiyan has been appointed as the Chairman of the Media and Communication Committee.

The party has also named five zonal co-ordinators, including Rama Khalkho, Ashok Choudhary, Kamlesh Mahto, Sultan Ahmad and Bhim Kumar.