Highlights 1 Congress secretary Amit Deshmukh will assist Chella Kumar in managing party affairs in Goa. Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has been removed as general secretary in-charge of party affairs in Karnataka and Goa. Congress' Lok Sabha MP KC Venugopal has been appointed the party's new general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, where assembly elections are due in 2018. MADHUSUDAN MISTRY MOVED TO ELECTION COMMITTEESometime during Saturday afternoon, senior Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry was moved to the election committee. "The message is clear that the leadership is going in for a mix of senior and young leaders", a senior party leader said.

Source: India Today April 29, 2017 15:50 UTC