Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal appointed Ajay Maken as the Treasurer of the AICC with immediate effect.
Congress leader Ajay Maken was appointed as the Treasurer of the All India Congress Committee on Sunday (October 1).
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, in a press release, informed about the development.
Maken replaced Pawan Kumar Bansal who was appointed as interim treasurer after the demise of Ahmed Patel.
Venugopal also appreciated the contribution of outgoing treasurer Bansal.
Notably, Maken is considered a close confidant of Rahul Gandhi and was without any post ever since he resigned as Congress general secretary in charge of Rajasthan a few months ago.
Maken reacts
Reacting to the development, Maken thanked party president Mallikarjun Kharge, and high command for the opportunity.
"I got to know about this after the screening committee meeting was over. I want to thank the party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi giving me this opportunity and for showing trust in me," he said.
