Chennai, Feb 11: The Congress High Command has appointed former Pondicherry speaker P Kannan as observer for the February 26 Sattankulam by-poll in Tamil Nadu.

He would not only look after works pertaining to the by-poll, but also oversee whether there had been 'misuse' of official machinery by the government, the TNCC said in a press release here. Kannan, also a former minister in Pondicherry, had been appointed by the AICC secretary, Ramesh Chennithala, the release said.

Bureau Report