Congress president Rahul Gandhi has appointed senior leader Shaik Abdullah Sohail as the Chairman of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Minorities Department.
Sohail is among three leaders who have been appointed head of PCC Minorities Department. They include Sayyed Imtiaz Haider (Chattisgarh) and Milton Rashid (West Bengal). The order of their appointment was issued by AICC General Secretary Ashok Gehlot on Saturday.
Shaik Abdullah Sohail was presently serving the Chairman of GHCC Minorities Department. A close confidant of TPCC President N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sohail had emerged as the face of Congress party among Muslims in Hyderabad since the GHMC elections.