Can Jitendra Singh change Congress’ fortune in Assam?
Can Jitendra Singh change Congress’ fortune in Assam? | India Today Insight
The new AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam gives the party a flicker of hope in the poll-bound state
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UPDATED: December 17, 2020 00:45 IST
AICC General Secretary Jitendra Singh speaks with Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, in Nagaon, Assam, Nov. 3 (ANI)
On September 11, when Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed Jitendra Singh as AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam, many party leaders in the state were surprised. In the past, they were used to in-charges who belonged to the so-called old guard of the Congress. These in-charges usually visited the state once or twice; restricted their visits to Guwahati and took feedback mostly from the state president and other top leadership of the state Congress committee. In the past two decades, stalwarts like Digivijaya Singh, C.P. Joshi and Harish Rawat acted as the in-charge of the