Congress appoints Pranab’s daughter as spokesperson

September 09, 2019 09:54 pm | Updated 09:54 pm IST - NEW DELHI

The Congress on Monday appointed former President Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar’s son Anshul Kumar as national spokespersons.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has approved their appointment, party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a statement.

Ms. Mukherjee later took to twitter to thank Ms. Gandhi and Mr. Surjewala, who heads the communication department.

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