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TMC replaces Mahua Moitra, Kirti Azad appointed as party`s new Goa in-charge
Kirti Azad replaced TMC MP Mahua Moitra who was the in-charge of the Goa unit.
Highlights
- TMC MP Mahua Moitra was party's in-charge of the Goa unit during recent Assembly elections.
- Azad's appointment has come into effect immediately.
Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday appointed Kirti Azad as the new in-charge for its Goa unit.
Azad, a cricketer-turned-politician, had switched over to the TMC from Congress last year. He was earlier a BJP MP from Bihar.
Azad replaced TMC MP Mahua Moitra who was the in-charge of the Goa unit.
The appointment will come into force with immediate effect, the party said in a statement.
Even as the TMC inducted several senior leaders from the Congress ahead of the assembly polls in the coastal state earlier this year, it drew a blank.