The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday (January 3, 2026) has constituted a screening committee for the states where elections are to be held this year. These include Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal along with the Union Territory of Puducherry. Along with this, Congress has also given new responsibility to party general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Congress Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal has issued information in this regard.

Responsibility of Assam handed over to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

KC Venugopal has released official information by posting a post on social media platform X on Saturday (January 3, 2026). In which the screening committee of each state has been mentioned. The organization general secretary wrote in the post that Congress Party National President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed party general secretary and Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the chairperson of the screening committee constituted for Assam with immediate effect.

Hon’ble Congress President has constituted the Screening Committees for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, and West Bengal, as enclosed, with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/k21nu2lHxm

— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) January 3, 2026

Apart from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Lok Sabha MP Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka, MP Imran Masood and Dr. Sirivella Prasad have been appointed as members in the four-member committee formed for Assam.

BK Hariprasad will lead West Bengal

At the same time, for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has formed a four-member screening committee under the leadership of Karnataka Legislative Council member BK Hariprasad. Along with this, Lok Sabha MP Dr. Mohammad Javed, Jharkhand MLA Mamta Devi and BP Singh have been appointed as members.

Former Rajya Sabha MP will lead the screening committee in Kerala

According to the notification issued by Congress Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal, party president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed former Rajya Sabha MP Madhusudan Mistry as the head of the party’s screening committee for the Kerala elections. Along with whom Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Dangi and Congress leader Abhishek Dutt have been appointed as members.

TS Singh Deo will lead the committee in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

At the same time, the Congress high command has constituted a screening committee under the leadership of former Chhattisgarh cabinet minister TS Singh Deo for the assembly elections to be held in Tamil Nadu and Union Territory Puducherry. With whom former Maharashtra cabinet minister Yashomati Thakur, Rajya Sabha MP GC Chandrashekhar and Anil Kumar Yadav will be there as members.

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The Election Commission of India (ECI) is going to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list in 12 states of the country, regarding which the Congress Party called a meeting on Tuesday (November 18, 2025). In this meeting, senior Congress leaders including AICC general secretaries and AICC incharges of all those states and union territories where the Election Commission is going to conduct SIR participated. However, senior party leader and Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor remained missing from this very important meeting of Congress.

On behalf of the Congress high command, MP Shashi Tharoor was also invited to participate in this important meeting. However, Shashi Tharoor’s office cited health reasons behind his absence from the meeting. His office said that Shashi Tharoor is not well, hence he did not participate in the party meeting.

Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal gave information after the meeting

Congress Party Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal said that a comprehensive review was conducted with the General Secretaries, In-charges, PCC, CLP and Secretaries of All India Congress Committee (AICC) to formulate a comprehensive strategy on the SIR to be held in 12 states and union territories on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) at Indira Bhawan, the Congress headquarters in Delhi.

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is working at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission is destroying the democracy of the country. Votes of some sections are being deliberately deducted from the voter list of the states, this is completely undemocratic. He said that in the first week of December, a mega rally will be organized in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan against SIR.

Congress committed to protect the purity of voter list- Kharge

At the same time, National President of Congress Party Mallikarjun Kharge has shared a post regarding this meeting on social media platform X. He said that the Congress Party is fully committed to protecting the purity of the voter list. He said that the Election Commission should immediately provide proof that it is not working under the patronage of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and that it remembers its constitutional oath and its loyalty to the people of the country.

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A new case has come to light on Sunday (September 7, 2025) regarding the socio-economic survey to be held in Karnataka. The Apex Body of Lingayats has asked members of the influential community of Karnataka to reveal themselves as Veerashaiva-Lingayat in the upcoming socio-economic survey. This is because people of this community politically influential are demanding recognition from Hindus as a different religion.

The official letter in this regard has come out a few weeks before the caste calculation process starting from 22 September. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is going to start this survey in the state on the instructions of AICC, including Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. Apart from this, a target has been set to complete this three months after the start of this survey process.

BJP’s Hindu vote bank may hover in danger

If the people of the Lingayat community accept the call made by their apex institution, then it will make a large number of different numbers from the main Hindu vote bank of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Lingayat community population claims to be 11 percent in the state

The All India Veerashaiva-Lingayat Mahasabha has made this call for the Lingayat community after the reports came to light, according to which the number of their communities in Karnataka was 11 percent in the state’s total population in the last survey conducted in the state, this figure is much lower than the state’s 18 percent SC population and 13 percent of the population of Muslims.

Lingayat community leaders objected to data

However, leaders of the Lingayat community have often claimed 17 percent stake in the total population of the state. Leaders of Lingayat community from North Karnataka, MB Patil and Lakshmi Habelkar, had openly disagreed on the population figures being claimed based on estimates. He emphasized that the population of the community is much more of the data mentioned in the report.

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The Congress party on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) appointed former Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid as the chairman of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Apart from this, former MPs Brijendra Singh and Dr. Aarti Krishna have been made Vice Chairman. At the same time, recently, Anand Sharma resigned as the chairman of foreign affairs. He had said that now new people should get a chance.

Who is Salman Khurshid, who got a big responsibility in Congress party

Salman Khurshid has been a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the second term of Manmohan Singh. He has commanded the Ministry of External Affairs from 2012 to 2014. Apart from this, he has also been the Minister of the Ministry of Cooperative and Minorities.

Salman Khurshid started his political career as an OSD in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) during the tenure of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in early 1980. After this, he was made the Minister of State for External Affairs in the Government of India during the Deputy Minister of Commerce and 1991-1996.

Khurshid was involved in delegation going abroad after Operation Sindoor

At the same time, former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has also been a member of the all party delegation sent by the Government of India to the All Party Dailing after Operation Sindoor. Who told about India’s retaliation through terrorist attacks and operation vermilion conducted by Pakistan in front of the countries of the world.

Brijendra Singh became Lok Sabha MP after being 21 years old bureaucrat

Brijendra Singh has been a former MP from Hisar Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Haryana. He contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket and won. However, he later left the BJP and joined the Congress.

Brijendra Singh has also been an Indian administrative officer, who took a clean retirement after serving as a bureaucrat in Haryana for 21 years and later stepped into politics.

Dr. Aarti Krishna has been in charge of Congress’s Indian Pravasi Department

At the same time, Dr. Aarti Krishna has been in charge of the Congress Department of Congress Party. Dr. Krishna has been associated with the Congress party for a long time. She is the daughter of senior Congress party leader and former Rural Development Minister of Karnataka Begane Ramaiya. Apart from this, Dr. Aarti Krishna has also been the first president of NRI Cell of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. The party has now appointed the vice chairman of the department related to foreign affairs.

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Shashi tharoor in aicc session: Lok Sabha MP and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor said on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) that the Congress should not have anger, past and negative criticism but a party with hope, future and positive discussion. He gave a strong speech amid speculation of leaving the Congress at the AICC session.

He said, “In 2024, we got mixed results, our strength in the Lok Sabha doubled, but we had to face failures in the state elections. This AICC session should be a significant turn. We have to get back the lost votes since 2009, but we can achieve it only through creative criticism, not negativity.”

‘Congress serves all religions’

Shashi Tharoor said that our nationalism has been emphasized in the proposal, which lies in the good of all Indians. Our commitment to social justice and inclusion is central, because our constitution embraces the nation of all religions, languages, regions and castes and the Congress serves them all. We are standing for an inclusive India, where someone can be a proud Gujarati, Muslim and Indian together.

He said, “While some people try to divide the north and south. I, as a South Indian, assume that it is our shared responsibility to unite India. Leave the hatred, add India, I say. Ekta is our mission, then it does not matter where we are from.”

We are gathered today at a historic moment, and i’m proud to second the resolution moved by Shri Sachin Pilot.

It is a historic moment as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of mahatma gandhi’s presidency of the Indian National Congress and the 150th Birth Anniversary of Sardar… pic.twitter.com/j2LV5RL3X7

– Congress (@INCIndia) April 9, 2025

‘Our resolve revolutionary’

The Congress leader said, our resolve is revolutionary. It is based on social justice for the weakest people of our society. The main subject behind this resolution is to protect the weak and marginalized people – OBC, SC, tribal and minorities.

Remember party workers like this

He said, in the end, I would like to say that this proposal accepts the blood and sacrifice of all the anonymous party workers. You are the life of the party. Without you, there is no Congress party. Without you, this proposal would remain just a word. Thank you for your service.

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