NEW DELHI: The Congress has appointed Rahul Gandhi as the AICC General Secretary in a reshuffle of the party secretariat. Rahul Gandhi would be in charge of the party's front organisations - the NSUI and the Youth Congress.

The responsibility given to Rahul is similar to what was given to his father Rajiv Gandhi by Indira Gandhi after being drafted as General Secretary. The 37-year-old MP from Amethi has also been made a member of the Congress Working Committee.

Rahul had announced in the party's plenary at Hyderabad last year that he was ready to play an active role in the organisation if the party leadership decides so. The secretariat level changes in the AICC have been made amidst possibility of mid-term polls.

Rahul had led the party campaign in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections without much success this year. But despite Congress not performing well in UP polls, party leaders, including AICC General Secretary Ashok Gehlot, had termed it as a blessing in disguise.

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