New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday appointed former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as general secretary of Punjab and Syed Naseer Hussain of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

According to a statement issued by party general secretary KC Venugopal these appointments have been made with immediate effect.

Besides general secretaries, Kharge also appointed in-charges for several states and Union Territories.

Senior Congress leader Rajani Patil has been made in-charge of Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh; BK Hariprasad for Haryana; Harish Chaudhary for Madhya Pradesh; Girish Chodankar for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; Ajay Kumar Lallu for Odisha; K Raju for Jharkhand; Meenakshi Natarajan for Telangana; Sa...