Congress appoints observers for poll bound states

The Congress has appointed senior observers for overseeing poll campaign management and coordination for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and West Bengal.

For West Bengal, former Congress General Secretary B.K. Hariprasad along with Jharkhand leader Alamgir Alam and Punjab Minister Vijay Inder Singla have been appointed as observers while for Assam, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, General Secretary Mukul Wasnik and Shakeel Ahmed Khan have been given the task.

For Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Veerappa Moily and M.M. Pallam Raju, both former Union ministers, and Nitin Raut, a minister in Maharashtra government, have been appointed.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Goa CM Luizinho Felerio and G. Parameshwara have been appointed to manage the Kerala election.