New Delhi: Congres MP Gaurav Gogoi has been appointed as in-charge of Tripura and Manipur by party's interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday.
"Gogoi will handle his new post along with his current responsibilities as in-charge of West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands," Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said in a statement.
He has succeeded Luizinho Faleiro, who was was in charge of the 7 North Eastern States of Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Tripura.
However, Faleiro will continue as general secretary in-charge of other north-eastern states.
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