Gulam Nabi Azad becomes new General secretary in Congress

Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was on Thursday night brought back as Congress General Secretary, V Kishore Chandra Deo dropped from the post and Karnataka leader Mallikarjun Kharge inducted into CWC in a major reshuffle of AICC as party chief Sonia Gandhi readied her "war team" ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
Gandhi gave Azad the charge of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Puducherry and retained M Veerappa Moily in charge of Andhra Pradesh and Assam while Digvijay Singh in charge of UP.