Naseemuddin Siddiqui to head UP Cong media department

Lucknow, Feb 16 Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has appointed Naseemuddin Siddiqui as chairman of media and communication department in Uttar Pradesh.

Siddiqui, a former Bahujan Samaj Party minister, had joined the Congress in 2018. He had been arrested last month in connection with a 2016 case.

Meanwhile, Satish Ajmani has been appointed as treasurer of the Uttar Pradesh Congress unit.