Lok Sabha polls: Stepping up its preparations for the Lok Sabha polls, Congress on Saturday (January 6) has constituted a ‘central war room’, publicity committee and election committees for a number of states.
Congress Central War Room
The organisational war room can be headed by Sasikanth Senthil S whereas Gokul Butail, Naveen Sharma, Varun Santhosh and Capt. Arvind Kumar could be the vice-chairmen within the organisational war room, in keeping with the Congress assertion.
Publicity Committee
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has constituted the publicity committee for the upcoming Lok Sabha basic elections with the All India Congress Committee treasurer as its convenor.
A publicity committee with AICC treasurer Ajay Maken as its convenor and social gathering basic secretaries Jairam Ramesh and Okay C Venugopal amongst its members has been constituted.
AICC basic secretary organisation, AICC basic secretary communication, AICC in control of administration, AICC chairperson of the media and publicity division and AICC chairperson of the social media division, can be its members.
AICC basic secretary organisation is Venugopal, basic secretary in control of communications is Ramesh, the AICC administration in cost is Gurdeep Singh Sappal, the media and publicity division head is Pawan Khera and the social media is headed by Supriya Shrinate, the assertion mentioned.
Election committees for states
The Congress constituted election committees for a number of states, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, and a few jap states. Additionally, a political affairs committee for Madhya Pradesh was fashioned.
“The Congress President has approved the proposal of the constitution of Pradesh Election Committees of Rajasthan, Kerala, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura, and Pradesh Election Committee and Political Affairs Committee of Madhya Pradesh, with immediate effect,” an official communication from the social gathering mentioned.
Rajasthan
In Rajasthan, Govind Singh Dotasra, the PCC chief, has been appointed because the chairman of the Pradesh Election Committee. The committee consists of members equivalent to former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, former Union ministers Sachin Pilot, and Jitendra Singh.
Other members of the committee are Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, Mohan Prakash, C P Joshi, Harish Choudhary, Ramlal Jat, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mamta Bhupesh, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Murari Lal Meena, Ashok Chandna, Neeraj Dangi, Zubair Khan, Dheeraj Gurjar, Rajkumar Sharma, Rohit Bohra, Indra Meena, Dungar Ram Gedar, Shimla Devi Nayak, and Lalit Yadav.
Additionally, the committee consists of the President of the Youth Congress, the NSUI president, the chief organiser of Seva Dal, and the president of Pradesh Mahila Congress.
Kerala
In Kerala, Okay Sudhakar has been appointed because the chairman of the Pradesh Election Committee. The committee in Kerala consists of outstanding leaders equivalent to A Okay Antony, Okay C Venugopal, Ramesh Chennithala, Vayalar Ravi, V D Satheeshan, Okay Suresh, Shashi Tharoor, Mullapalli Ramachandran, and others.
Telangana
In Telangana, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has been appointed because the chairman of the Pradesh Election Committee. The committee in Telangana consists of deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, Uttam Kumar Reddy, and V Hanumantha Rao as its members.
Himachal Pradesh
In Himachal Pradesh, PCC chief Pratibha Singh has been appointed because the chairperson of the Pradesh Election Committee. The committee in Himachal Pradesh consists of Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri, and senior leaders like Anand Sharma, Viplove Thakur, Asha Kumari, Ram Lal Thakur, Thakur Kaul Singh, Dhaniram Shandil, and Chander Kumar as members, amongst others.
Madhya Pradesh
Jitu Patwari has been appointed as the top of the Pradesh Election Committee for Madhya Pradesh, with members including Digvijaya Singh, Vivek Tankha, Suresh Pachauri, Kantilal Bhuria, and former chief minister Kamal Nath.
Additionally, the social gathering has established a Political Affairs Committee for Madhya Pradesh, which can be chaired by Jitendra Singh, the AICC in-charge for the state. Patwari will function the convener of the panel, which incorporates Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Arun Yadav, Vivek Tankha, and Nakul Nath.
Chhattisgarh
PCC chief Deepak Baij has been appointed because the chairman of the Pradesh Election Committee for Chhattisgarh. The committee will embody former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, former deputy chief minister T S Singh Deo, Charan Das Mahant, and Tamradhwaj Sahu as its members.
Manipur
In Manipur, Okay Meghachandra Singh was appointed the chairman of the Pradesh Election Committee with former chief minister Ibobi Singh and former deputy chief minister Gaikhangam as its members, amongst others.
Nagaland
S Supongmeren Jamir was appointed the chairman of the Nagaland Pradesh Election Committee, whereas Asish Kumar Saha the chairman of the Tripura Pradesh Election Committee.
The appointments come a day after the Congress constituted 5 screening committees for shortlisting candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, due in April-May. The social gathering has divided all states and Union territories into 5 clusters for this function.
(With PTI inputs)
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