<p>Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday got cracking on his new assignment as AICC in-charge of Tamil Nadu with meetings with parliamentarians from the state, where elections are due next year.</p>.<p>The Congress is eyeing its chances at toppling the AIADMK government in the elections in alliance with DMK and other regional outfits.</p>.<p>Rao, a former Karnataka Congress President, was appointed AICC in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Goa in the AICC reshuffle earlier this month.</p>.<p>On a visit to the national capital, Rao met AICC General Secretaries K C Venugopal, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Mukul Wasnik on Friday.</p>.<p>Rao is expected to visit Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Goa after Gandhi Jayanti next month.</p>.<p>In the AICC reshuffle, Surjewala was tasked with reviving the party’s fortunes in Karnataka, which was earlier the responsibility of Venugopal.</p>.<p>Wasnik was in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh. He now retains the charge of Madhya Pradesh.</p>
<p>Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday got cracking on his new assignment as AICC in-charge of Tamil Nadu with meetings with parliamentarians from the state, where elections are due next year.</p>.<p>The Congress is eyeing its chances at toppling the AIADMK government in the elections in alliance with DMK and other regional outfits.</p>.<p>Rao, a former Karnataka Congress President, was appointed AICC in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Goa in the AICC reshuffle earlier this month.</p>.<p>On a visit to the national capital, Rao met AICC General Secretaries K C Venugopal, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Mukul Wasnik on Friday.</p>.<p>Rao is expected to visit Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Goa after Gandhi Jayanti next month.</p>.<p>In the AICC reshuffle, Surjewala was tasked with reviving the party’s fortunes in Karnataka, which was earlier the responsibility of Venugopal.</p>.<p>Wasnik was in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh. He now retains the charge of Madhya Pradesh.</p>
