Congress names secretaries to quell dissent

Hyderabad: In the wake of growing dissidence in the party, the All India Congress Committee on Thursday appointed three secretaries as incharges of the party affairs in the  state.  This decision was taken within 24 hours of dissidents meeting AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday.

The new incharge secretaries are Mr N.S. Bose Raju and Mr Saleem Ahmed of Karnataka and Mr Sreenivasan Krishnan of Kerala.  Mr R.C. Khuntia, AICC general secretary and incharge of Telangana state party affairs, is from Odisha.