From Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Szarita Laitphlang, who has worked in various capacities in the Congress party both in Meghalaya and New Delhi, was on Wednesday appointed as All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary in charge of Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim.
Szarita, who joined the Indian National Congress at a very early age, is currently serving as the national media panellist of the AICC. She was one of the first female candidates to be shortlisted during the Talent Hunt for Indian Youth Congress (IYC) across India.
She has served in the AICC as election coordinator for various election-bound states as well as a war room planner and strategist and assistant returning officer for organisational elections for AICC. Within the Meghalaya Congress, she has served as vice president of Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress and is currently serving as secretary, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC).
An IVLP Alumni (U.S.), she was one of the select few to have represented India as one of the observers during President Barak Obama’s election campaign. She has also been the Co-Chairperson for CII’s Young Indians (Meghalaya). She is also the regional coordinator of the All-India Professional Congress led by Dr Shashi Tharoor.
In the state, Szarita was the vice chairperson for Meghalaya Resource and Employment Generation Council (MREGC). She has also served as the vice chairperson for State Reforms and Development Commission (SRDC), Government of Meghalaya.
In the AICC she will be attached with party general secretary, Ajay Kumar.