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A Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) is the state-level unit of the Indian National Congress. It is responsible for the organization and management of the party's activities in a particular state of India. The PCC is made up of a president and several other office-bearers who are responsible for overseeing the party's activities in the state.

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The PCC is responsible for coordinating the activities of the Congress party at the district and block levels, and for organizing campaigns and events to mobilize public support for the party. It also works to build alliances with other political parties and social groups to enhance the party's electoral prospects.

It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress and in turn elects state president and delegates to the All India Congress Committee.[ citation needed ] Each PCC has a working committee of twenty members, most of whom are appointed by the party president, the leader of the state party, who is chosen by the national president. Those elected as members of the states' legislative assemblies form the Congress Legislature Parties in the various state assemblies; guy only

List of Pradesh Congress Committees

This is a list of the official state, territorial and regional committees of the Indian National Congress.

State/UTCommitteePresidentSeats in Lok Sabha Seats in Rajya Sabha Seats in
State
Legislative
Assemblies
Seats in
State
Legislative
Councils
All India AICC Mallikarjun Kharge
102 / 543
Elected
31 / 233
(5 Vacant) Nominated
0 / 12
(3 Vacant )
680 / 4,036
55 / 426
State Committees of the Indian National Congress
Andhra Pradesh Andhra PCC Y. S. Sharmila
0 / 25
0 / 11
0 / 175
Elected
0 / 50
Nominated
0 / 8
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal PCC Nabam Tuki
0 / 2
0 / 1
1 / 60
Assam Assam PCC Bhupen Kumar Borah
3 / 14
0 / 7
25 / 126
Bihar Bihar PCC Akhilesh Prasad Singh
4 / 40
1 / 16
19 / 243
Elected
4 / 63
Nominated
0 / 12
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh PCC Deepak Baij
1 / 11
4 / 5
35 / 90
Goa Goa PCC Amit Patkar
1 / 2
0 / 1
3 / 40
Gujarat Gujarat PCC Shaktisinh Gohil
1 / 26
3 / 11
17 / 182
Haryana Haryana PCC Udai Bhan
5 / 10
1 / 5
28 / 90
(1 Vacant)
Himachal Pradesh Himachal PCC Pratibha Singh
0 / 4
0 / 3
40 / 68
Jharkhand Jharkhand PCC Rajesh Thakur
2 / 14
1 / 6
17 / 81
Karnataka Karnataka PCC D. K. Shivakumar
9 / 28
5 / 12
135 / 224
Elected
30 / 64
Nominated
5 / 11
Kerala Kerala PCC K. Sudhakaran
14 / 20
1 / 9
21 / 140
Madhya Pradesh Madhya PCC Jitu Patwari
0 / 29
3 / 11
65 / 230
Maharashtra Maharashtra PCC Nana Patole
14 / 48
3 / 19
45 / 288
Elected
10 / 66
Nominated
0 / 12
Manipur Manipur PCC Keisham Meghachandra Singh
2 / 2
0 / 1
5 / 60
Meghalaya Meghalaya PCC Vincent Pala
1 / 2
0 / 1
5 / 60
Mizoram Mizoram PCC Lalsawta
0 / 1
0 / 1
1 / 40
Nagaland Nagaland PCC S. Supongmeren Jamir
1 / 1
0 / 1
0 / 60
Odisha Odisha PCC Sarat Pattanayak
1 / 21
0 / 10
14 / 147
Punjab Punjab PCC Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
7 / 13
0 / 7
18 / 117
Rajasthan Rajasthan PCC Govind Singh Dotasra
8 / 25
6 / 10
69 / 200
Sikkim Sikkim PCC Gopal Chettri
0 / 1
0 / 1
0 / 32
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu CC K. Selvaperunthagai
9 / 39
1 / 18
18 / 234
Telangana Telangana PCC Anumula Revanth Reddy
8 / 17
0 / 7
69 / 119
Elected
1 / 34
Nominated
0 / 6
Tripura Tripura PCC Ashish Kumar Saha
0 / 2
0 / 1
3 / 60
Uttar Pradesh Uttar PCC Ajay Rai
6 / 80
0 / 31
2 / 403
Elected
0 / 90
Nominated
0 / 10
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand PCC Karan Mahara
0 / 5
0 / 3
20 / 70
West Bengal West Bengal PCC Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
1 / 42
1 / 16
0 / 294
Union Territorial Committees of the Indian National Congress
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar TCC Ranglal Halder
0 / 1
Chandigarh Chandigarh TCC Harmohinder Singh Lucky
1 / 1
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu TCC Vacant
0 / 2
Delhi Delhi PCC Devender Yadav
0 / 7
0 / 3
0 / 70
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir PCC Vikar Rasool Wani
0 / 5
0 / 4
(Vacant)
Elected
0 / 83
Nominated
0 / 2
Ladakh Ladakh TCC Nawang Rigzin Jora
1 / 1
Lakshadweep Lakshadweep TCC Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed
1 / 1
Puducherry Puducherry PCC V. Vaithilingam
1 / 1
0 / 1
Elected
02 / 30
Nominated
0 / 3
Regional Committees of the Indian National Congress
Mumbai Mumbai RCC Varsha Gaikwad

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