Cong forms 8-member coordination committee for Nagaland polls

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has formed an eight-member coordination committee for the Nagaland assembly election slated before March this year.

The members of the panel are AICC general secretary in charge of party affairs in the state C P Joshi, state Congress chief K Theire, K Jayakumar, former chief minister K L Chishi, party's minority department vice-chairman Anil Thomas, Assam's ex-minister Pradyut Bordoloi, former Congress Legislature Party leader I Imkong and former MLA Lanpha Konyak.

Besides, Gandhi has also formed a three-member group to assist the general secretary in-charge of party affairs in Tripura, which will go to polls soon.
 

The group comprises legislator R K Imo Singh, Durgesh Patel and Anis Khan.