Tribune News Service
New Delhi, December 13
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday constituted a 29 member Punjab election committee signalling poll preparedness and announced presidents and working presidents for all district committees in the state.
The Pradesh Election Committee tasked with shortlisting candidates for the upcoming state elections will have PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu as chairman and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as member.
The poll committee also features veteran five-time Rajya Sabha MP Ambika Soni, former state chief Sunil Jakhar, MP Partap Singh Bajwa, all MPs of Punjab from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and all ministers of the state government.
Others included in the panel are former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, former state party chiefs HS Hanspal and Mohinder Singh Kaypee, AICC secretary KL Sharma, MLA Raminder Amla, senior vice president of state unit Laal Singh, state working presidents Kuljit Nagra, Sukhvinder Danny and Pawan Goel.
Punjab Congress vice president Gurpreet Kangar, MLAs Balbir Singh Sidhu, Shyam Sunder Arora, Rana Sodhi, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Ajaib Singh Bhatti, Navtej Cheema have also been named in the panel alongside Hamid Masih, state SC department chairman Raj Kumar Chhabewal, Punjab Mahila Congress chief Balbir Rani Sodhi, state youth president Barinder Dhillon, Punjab NSU president Akshay Sharma and chief organiser of Punjab Seva Dal Nirmal Kaira.
As per the Congress constitution, the state president heads all state election committees.
Among district presidents Sonia Gandhi appointed today are Balraj Thakur for Jalandhar Urban; Darshan Tahli for Jalandhar Rural; Darshan Mahajan for Gurdaspur, Subhash Sood (Fatehgarh Sahib); Narendra Lally (Patiana Urban), Gurdeep Singh Unthsar (Patiala Rural), Ashwani Pappu (amritsar Urban), Bhagwant Sachar (Amritsar Rural); Kirandeep Mitha (Taran Taran); Ramesh Singh (Kapurthala), Sandeep Bhatia (SBS Nagar); Darshan Sahota (Faridkot); Sanjeev Bains (Pathankot); Rishiv Jain (SAS Nagar); Ashwani Sharma (Ludhiana Urban); Karanjeet Ghalib (Ludhiana Rural)l Rupinder Gill (Khanna); Rajinder Chhabra (Ferozepur), Gurpreet Singh (Barnala); Jaspal Das (Malerkotla), Kamaljeet Brar (Moga); Ranjam Kamra (Fazilka); Harcharan Sotha (Muktsar Sahib); Arun Wadhwa (Bathinda Urban); Kulwinder Singh (Bathinda Rural); Mangat Bansal (Mansa); Kuldeep Nanda (Hoshiarpur) and Ashwani Sharma (Rupnagar).
Gandhi also appointed 35 district working presidents.
Sonia Gandhi forms Punjab Congress poll panel, Navjot Singh Sidhu to head
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