The Congress on Thursday, 16 June, appointed Jairam Ramesh as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge of communication, publicity and media, replacing Randeep Surjewala.
A party statement said Surjewala has been relieved of his current responsibility as the general secretary in-charge of communication and will continue as the general secretary in-charge of Karnataka.
Ramesh, a former Union minister and Rajya Sabha MP, has been appointed by party chief Sonia Gandhi as the general secretary in-charge of communication, publicity and media, including social and digital media, with immediate effect, according to the release issued by general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal.
The party had resolved to revamp its communication and media department at its three-day brainstorming session in Udaipur last month.