New Delhi:
The Congress today appointed Charan Das Mahant, a Member of Parliament from Korba, as the new party chief in Chhattisgarh, days after its state president was killed in a Naxal attack.
Congress Chhattisgarh president Nand Kumar Patel was killed in the May 25 attack in Bastar, when Naxals ambushed the convoy carrying him and other Congress leaders during the party's "Partivartan Yatra".
Senior tribal leader Mahendra Karma, former legislator Uday Mudaliyar and many others were also killed in the attack.
Senior Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla was critically injured, and is under treatment at a hospital in Gurgaon.
Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel was appointed programme coordinator of the state unit.
The Congress in Chhattisgarh has also decided to resume its "Parivartan Yatra" from the "same place" where it was held before the Naxals ambushed the yatra convoy, killing 24 people.