New Delhi, May 27 -- All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Monday named Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi as the president of the party's Assam unit, replacing Bhupen Kumar Borah, who headed the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee for nearly four years. Various Congress leaders played a significant role in his new appointment as they had reportedly written a letter to the top party leadership.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the latest decision. Besides it, the party announced three new working presidents of the state as well.

The Congress leaders like former ministers and legislators Pankaj Bora, Tanka Bahadur Rai, Mohd Nurzamal Sarkar, Rajib Lochan Pegu, Ramprasad Sarma, including ministerial colleagues of former CM, the late Tar...