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Ranchi, Jan.25: Avinash Pandey has been appointed the AICC Jharkhand in-charge after RPN Singh joined the BJP today.
A highly placed source in Congress party informed this saying Pandey has been a Youth Congress leader and had held post of General Secretary in the Indian Youth Congress, when Maninder Singh Bitta was the President.
Pandey has been a Member of the Legislative Council, Maharashtra (Upper House) and was appointed Chairman, Maharashtra State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (MSSIDC).
He unsuccessfully fought the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra in 2008, against industrialist Rahul Bajaj. He is AICC General Secretary and a Congress working Committee (CWC) member. Last time he was defeated by Rahul Bajan by one vote for Rajya Sabha.
He was again nominated to contest the June 2010 Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. He won the election unopposed.
