Ahmedabad: Gujarat legislator Alpesh Thakor has been appointed as the new Congress Secretary and party co-incharge of Bihar.
Thakor, who had joined Congress in 2017, is an MLA from Radhanpur constituency.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, before leaving for a four-day tour of London and Berlin, had earlier announced that the party will witness some organisational structure.
As a part of the changes, senior party member Ahmed Patel was appointed as Congress Treasurer while Anand Sharma as Chairperson of its Foreign Affairs Department.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was made a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee while former Goa Congress chief Luizinho Falerio was appointed General Secretary incharge of the party affairs in the northeast states.
A former Union Minister, Sharma replaces party veteran Karan Singh.
The new appointments were made keeping in mind the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls, said sources.
