Sushil Kumar Shinde is AICC in charge in HP, Ranjan in Uttarakhand
Q. Smt. Ambika Soni is AICC General Secretary for which states, w.e.f 22nd July 2017?- Published on 24 Jul 17a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Uttarakhand
c. J&K
d. All of the above
ANSWER: J&K
The Congress on 22nd July 2017 appointed former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as its general secretary incharge of party affairs in Himachal Pradesh.
The latest development comes a day after senior Congress leader Ambika Soni had asked the party to relieve her as in-charge of the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand citing health reasons.
However, she will continue to head the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The state will go to polls later this year.
Congress also named Ranjeet Ranjan as secretary of AICC for Himachal Pradesh.
INC: Know More- The Indian National Congress is a broad-based political party in India.
- Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
- President: Sonia Gandhi
- Headquarters: 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001
- Founder: Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
- Founded: 28 December 1885
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- Ideology: Social liberalism, Gandhian socialism, Indian nationalism, Social democracy, Secularism, Democratic socialism
