<p>Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was on Wednesday appointed as the president of the party's West Bengal unit.</p>.<p>Chowdhury, a five-term Lok Sabha member, is the leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>He succeeds Somen Mitra as West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President.</p>.<p>Mitra passed away last month.</p>.<p>Chowdhury, a known detractor of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, takes over the top party post in the state ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for next year.</p>.<p>Chowdhury held the post of state Congress President from 2014 to 2018.</p>
<p>Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was on Wednesday appointed as the president of the party's West Bengal unit.</p>.<p>Chowdhury, a five-term Lok Sabha member, is the leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>He succeeds Somen Mitra as West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President.</p>.<p>Mitra passed away last month.</p>.<p>Chowdhury, a known detractor of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, takes over the top party post in the state ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for next year.</p>.<p>Chowdhury held the post of state Congress President from 2014 to 2018.</p>
