Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Congress sets up poll panels, rejigs Uttarakhand state unit
There is a big political group in India called the Congress party.
It is getting ready for elections in a state called Uttarakhand.
The leader of the whole party, Mallikarjun Kharge, made special teams to help with the election.
One team will write the party's promises, called a manifesto.
Another team will make sure party members follow the rules.
There is even a team whose job is to point out what the ruling party, the BJP, promised but did not do.
The party also chose lots of new leaders for Uttarakhand, including vice presidents, general secretaries and secretaries.
Elections in Uttarakhand and another state, Uttar Pradesh, will probably happen early next year.
The party wants to be ready to compete and win votes.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge constituted the Executive, Manifesto, Disciplinary Action, SIR and Chargesheet Committees under the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee.
The 41-member Executive Committee includes Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal and leaders such as Surender Singh Negi and Pradeep Tamta.
The party rejigged its state unit, appointing 24 vice presidents, 36 general secretaries and 107 secretaries.
The Chargesheet Committee, headed by Karan Mahara, aims to put the ruling BJP in the dock for not fulfilling its promises.
Assembly polls in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are likely to be held early next year.
- Who
- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
- What
- Set up key election panels (Executive, Manifesto, Disciplinary Action, SIR and Chargesheet Committees) and rejigged the party's Uttarakhand state unit
- When
- Thursday, August 6
- Where
- Uttarakhand state unit, announced from New Delhi
- Why
- To make the party battle-ready for the Uttarakhand assembly polls due next year, including targeting the ruling BJP over unfulfilled promises
- Event
- Formation of election panels and rejig of the Uttarakhand Congress unit
- Committees set up
- Executive, Manifesto, Disciplinary Action, SIR and Chargesheet
- Executive Committee size
- 41 members
- New organizational appointees
- 24 vice presidents, 36 general secretaries, 107 secretaries
- Manifesto Committee chairman
- Bhuvan Kapri
- Chargesheet Committee head
- Karan Mahara
- Elections context
- Assembly polls in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh likely early next year
- Announcement
- New Delhi, August 6 (PTI)