Sudhir AICC Secy for J&K
TNN Bureau. Updated: 9/15/2018 11:22:17 AM
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JAMMU: Former minister for Urban Development in Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, Sudhir Sharma, who is among the 9 leaders appointed as Secretary, All India Congress Committee, will be looking after Jammu and Kashmir.
His appointment came on the day when Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday cleared the appointment of nine new AICC secretaries and a screening committee for poll-bound Telangana.
46-year-old Sharma was first elected to Himachal Pradesh State Assembly in 2003 from Baijnath Constituency. He won again from Baijnath in 2007.
In 2012 he won from Dharmshala third time but lost to BJP’s Kishan Kapoor by a margin of 2997 votes in 2017 elections.
Besides Sharma, Zenith Sangma from Meghalaya was made Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh, Charles Pyngrope of Meghalaya was made AICC Secretary for Manipur, while Manipur's Victor Keishing was made Secretary for Meghalaya.
Ampareen Lyngdoh was made secretary for Meghayala and Pradyut Bordoloi from Assam was made secretary for Nagaland, while Pradyot Deb Burman from Tripura was made AICC secretary of Sikkim, another statement from Gehlot said.
Bhupen Kumar Borah, who hails from Assam, has been appointed AICC Secretary and assigned the state of Tripura, while Sirivella Prasad from Andhra Pradesh has been made Secretary for Tamil Nadu.