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New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Tuesday reconstituted its law, human rights and RTI department with new leadership at the national and state levels.
According to a press note issued by the Congress Party, Omar Hoda has taken charge as the National Coordinator, who will lead the party’s legal advocacy and rights initiatives.
As for state-level appointments, for electoral state West Bengal, Anwar Ali (chairman of the state law department) and Abhijeet Raha (state human rights chairperson) will now take charge.
In Tamil Nadu, Jayasimha Natchiappan has been appointed State Human Rights Chairperson, Ali Asif Zama Rizvi (State Law Department Chairperson) for Uttar Pradesh, PL Bhardwaj (State Legal Coordinator) for Haryana and Vaddi Somashekhar (Chairman of Law, Human Rights and RTI) for Andhra Pradesh.
The reshuffle, which comes days after its humiliating failure in the Bihar elections, is now aimed at increasing the party’s focus on legal accountability, human rights protection and transparency under the RTI Act.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday said the Special In-depth Review (SIR) is a way for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to push the BJP’s “vote-stealing agenda” and “sidestep the responsibilities” of the constitutional body.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge held a comprehensive strategy review with senior party leaders to discuss the special intensive review being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in several states.
The meeting was attended by party general secretaries, in-charges, PCC and CLP leaders as well as secretaries of states and union territories where the SIR process is currently underway.
After the meeting, Venugopal took to Twitter and posted, “Under the leadership of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, participated in the review meeting with AICC general secretaries, in-charges, PCC presidents, CLP leaders and AICC secretaries of the 12 states where SIR is ongoing.”
The Congress Alappuzha MP stressed that although the revision of the voter list is an “undoubtedly necessary objective”, it should be done in a “truthful manner”.
“The conduct of the Election Commission so far has been to pursue the BJP’s vote-stealing agenda while ignoring its constitutional duty of impartiality,” he said.
–IANS
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