LIVE! Jumbo Congress election committees in Delhi, Punjab

January 18, 2014 21:07

Congress tonight set up jumbo Pradesh Election Committees for Delhi and Punjab giving representation to leaders from all groups in the faction ridden state units, seeking to keep pace with the decision to announce the names of candidates early.

Union Ministers Kapil Sibal and Krishna Tirath, former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, AICC general secretaries Janardan Dwivedi, Ajay Maken, Delhi PCC chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, CLP leader Haroon Yusuf, party veteran and former Union Minister R K Dhawan are part of the 28-member panel.

The committee also includes party MPs from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Karan Singh, Sandeep Dikshit, Mahabal Mishra, Ramesh Kumar, Parvez Hashmi and former PCC chief JP Agrawal along with AICC secretaries Manish Chatrarth and Naseeb Singh.

In the 24-member PEC of Punjab, state Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa, CLP leader Sunil Jakhar, AICC general secretary Ambika Soni, former Chief Ministers Captain Amrinder Singh, Rajendra Kaur Bhattal and Union Ministers Manish Tewari, Preneet Kaur and Santosh Chaudhary have been made members.

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