04
Jan
New Delhi, January 4— Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been appointed chairperson of the party’s screening committee for the selection of candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, as the Congress steps up preparations to challenge the ruling BJP in the state. The All India Congress Committee announced late Saturday night the formation of screening committees for five states and Union territories scheduled to go to polls in the first half of the year. The four-member committees will finalise candidates for Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AICC general secretary and Member of Parliament, will…
