Punjab Congress campaign, manifesto panels announced
New Delhi, January 11
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today constituted a 25-member campaign committee and a 20-member manifesto committee for the February 14 Punjab elections.
Finance Minister Manpreet Badal has been appointed as the co-chairman of the manifesto panel with Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa.
The campaign committee chaired by former state president Sunil Jakhar will have Amanpreet Lally as co-chairman and Ludhiana Lok Sabha MP Ravneet Singh Bittu as convener. Former bureaucrat-turned-MP Amar Singh has been named convener of the Punjab Congress manifesto panel. An important absentee from both panels is senior minister Brahm Mohindra with sources saying more committees may have wider representation.
The campaign panel has among members Gurkirat Kotli, Vijay Inder Singla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Sham Sunder Arora, Raj Kumar Verka, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Pargat Singh, Rajinder Beri, Yoginder Dhingra, Jugal Kishor Sharma, KK Bawa, Hardip Kingra, Emmaneul Masih and Charan Singh.
The 20-member manifesto panel will include as members Deputy CM OP Soni, Rana Gurjeet, Jaiveer Shergill, JS Dhaliwal, Surinder Dawar, Hardyal Kamboj, Sushil Rinku, Jasleen Sethi, Ashok Choudhry, Anil Vij, KK Agarwal, Manju Bansal, Vijay Kalra and Surjit Swaich. —
