Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Karimnagar’s Rudra Santosh Kumar Named Congress Campaign Coordinator
Rudra Santosh Kumar has received a new role in the Congress party.
He will help organise a nationwide campaign about caste census.
The campaign is planned to last 100 days.
It will include public meetings, training and digital tracking.
Kumar previously helped run a similar programme in Telangana.
His team used a war room and call centre to coordinate party workers.
The team also worked with caste associations and booth-level workers.
He presented the campaign plan at an All India Congress Committee workshop in Delhi.
Kumar is from Achampalli village in Karimnagar district and joined public life in 2016.
Rudra Santosh Kumar has been appointed War Room Coordinator for Congress’s proposed 100-day nationwide caste census campaign.
The All India Congress Committee issued the appointment order, according to party sources.
The campaign will include public awareness programmes, state action plans, training, organisational coordination and digital monitoring.
Kumar previously coordinated Telangana’s caste census programme through a war room and call centre.
His Telangana operation worked with more than 2,000 workers and representatives, over 100 caste associations and nearly 35,000 booth-level workers.
- Who
- Rudra Santosh Kumar, appointed by the All India Congress Committee as War Room Coordinator.
- What
- He will coordinate Congress’s proposed 100-day nationwide campaign on caste census.
- When
- The campaign is proposed for 100 days; Kumar presented its 15-week plan at a workshop on September 8, after coordinating Telangana’s 2024–25 exercise.
- Where
- The campaign will operate nationwide; Kumar previously worked from a war room and call centre at Indira Bhavan in Telangana, and presented the plan in Delhi.
- Why
- To organise public awareness, training, state-level action plans, grassroots mobilisation, digital monitoring and weekly progress reports on caste census.
- Appointee
- Rudra Santosh Kumar
- Role
- War Room Coordinator
- Campaign
- Congress’s proposed 100-day nationwide caste census campaign
- Campaign structure
- State-wise plans, training, organisational coordination, digital monitoring and weekly progress reports over 15 weeks
- Previous assignment
- Coordinated Telangana’s caste census programme through a war room and call centre
- Operational reach
- More than 2,000 workers and representatives, over 100 caste associations and nearly 35,000 booth-level workers
- Background
- Kumar is from Achampalli village in Karimnagar district, entered public life in 2016 and later joined Congress