New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Rattled by humiliating defeats in recent elections to three State Assemblies (Maharashtra, Haryana and Delhi), the AICC late last week effected changes to its organisational structure.

As per the changes effected by AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka MLC B.K. Hariprasad has been appointed as the General Secretary In-charge of Haryana, while Rajyasabha MP from Karnataka Syed Nasir Ahmed has been appointed as the General Secretary In-charge of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hariprasad, who was in national politics for over three decades, had served as the Congress In-charge in several States earlier.

He had returned to Karnataka politics three years ago, when he was elected as an MLC. Now, he has returned to national ...