Congress appoints Jairam Ramesh as head of its communication, publicity and media wing

A former Union minister and Rajya Sabha MP, Jairam Ramesh, was appointed by party chief Sonia Gandhi.

This comes after the party had resolved to revamp its communication and media department at its three-day brainstorming session in Udaipur last month.

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The party in its Udaipur Nav Sankalp Declaration had said that in the changing environment, the jurisdiction, scope and structure of the media and communication department of the Congress should be expanded and made more effective with the help of subject-matter experts, and by connecting media, social media, data, research, etc. to the communication department.

All the media, social media, research departments of the states should be placed directly under the communication department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) so that the message of the party can be spread in every nook and corner of the country every day, the party had said.

(With inputs from PTI)