{
  "id": 16306429,
  "title": "Congress names election war room heads for five states going to polls in 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/congress-names-election-war-room-heads-for-five-states-going-to-polls",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T09:03:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/congress-names-election-war-room-heads-for-five-states-going-to-polls-in-2027-101792832589243.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Congress has announced the appointment of election war room heads in five states that will hold assembly elections in 2027. These states include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, and Uttarakhand. The appointments were made following a review of poll preparedness by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The Congress president approved the proposal, with immediate effect. The war room heads for these states are Sachin Yadav for Uttar Pradesh, Kannan Gopinathan for Punjab, Imroz Khan for Goa, Biswaranjan Mohanty for Manipur, and Krishan Satrod for Uttarakhand. The ECI has begun reviewing preparations in Uttarakhand, with officers also set to visit Manipur, Punjab, Goa, and Uttar Pradesh. The ECI has not yet announced the election schedule, but the terms of assembly elections in these states will end on various dates in March and May 2027.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}