New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The Congress today carried out a major organisational reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, appointing senior leaders Aradhana Misra alias Mona and Pargat Singh as presidents of the party's state units with immediate effect, as the organisation moves to strengthen its state-level machinery ahead of the political contests.
The appointments were announced by Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal through separate press releases issued by the All India Congress Committee, bringing a change of leadership in two politically significant states.
In Uttar Pradesh, Aradhana Misra Mona, a senior Congress leader and legislator, has been appointed president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, while Imran Masood has been ...