TMC replaces Mahua Moitra, Kirti Azad appointed as party's new Goa in-charge

Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday appointed Kirti Azad as the new in-charge for its Goa unit.

Azad, a cricketer-turned-politician, had switched over to the TMC from Congress last year. He was earlier a BJP MP from Bihar.

Former Lok Sabha MP and TMC leader Kirti Azad appointed as the State in charge of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Goa unit with immediate effect pic.twitter.com/0xRVCYiYNT — ANI (@ANI) May 4, 2022

Azad replaced TMC MP Mahua Moitra who was the in-charge of the Goa unit.

The appointment will come into force with immediate effect, the party said in a statement.

Even as the TMC inducted several senior leaders from the Congress ahead of the assembly polls in the coastal state earlier this year, it drew a blank.