The Congress party has appointed senior leader Sanjay Dutt as the new All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Haryana. He replaces B K Hariprasad in a key organisational reshuffle announced by the party leadership on Friday.
Sanjay Dutt is a senior Indian National Congress leader currently serving as an AICC Secretary. His appointment is part of a broader leadership revamp that also affects the party's state units in Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.
New appointments for Odisha and Uttar Pradesh
In the same exercise, the party named Lalji Desai as the AICC in-charge for Odisha, replacing Ajay Kumar Lallu. Rajendra Pal Gautam has been appointed as the new in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, taking over from Ajay Rai. All changes take effect immediately.
The appointments were announced in a communication issued by AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal. The statement said the Congress president had approved the changes. The party also relieved outgoing in-charges Hariprasad, Lallu, and Ajay Rai of their responsibilities and appreciated their contributions.
Our Take: A strategic move for key states
This reshuffle signals that the Congress is looking to refresh its organisational leadership in states that are politically important. Haryana, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh are all states where the party has been working to strengthen its presence. Appointing experienced leaders like Sanjay Dutt and Rajendra Pal Gautam suggests the party wants more hands-on management in these regions. Whether these changes will translate into electoral gains remains to be seen, but it is a clear sign that the Congress is actively reorganising its state-level command.
