Priyanka Gandhi to head Assam Congress screening committee

According to AICC general secretary (organisation) K. C. Venugopal’s notification, screening committees have been constituted also for West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry scheduled to go to the polls in the first half of 2026.

For Assam, Priyanka, who is also an AICC general secretary and a Member of Parliament (MP), will head the four-member panel. Lok Sabha MPs Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka and Imran Masood, along with Sirivella Prasad, have been named as members of the committee.

The screening committees will function alongside the party’s organisational leadership in the respective states. AICC general secretaries in charge, Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, Congress Legislature Party leaders, and AICC secretaries attached to the in-charges will serve as ex-officio members of the panels.