KPCC legal cell gets new state secretary

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) legal cell appointed Belagavi-based lawyer Iqbal Ahmed Mullah as the body’s state secretary.

Mullah’s appointment was welcomed by Belgaum Rural District Congress Committee (DCC) president Navalkatti.

Mullah is a practising advocate in Belagavi and knowledge of the law is a pre-requisite for the post of the KPCC legal cell state secretary.

Congress MLA from Virajpet AS Ponnanna is the current KPCC Legal, Human Rights and RTI Cell chairman and has held the position since August 2020.

Ponnanna was instrumental in passing the Advocates Protection Bill in the winter session of the Assembly at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi last month.