Tribune News Service
New Delhi, December 13
Signalling poll preparedness, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday constituted a 29-member Punjab Election Committee and announced 28 presidents and 54 working presidents of district committees in the state.
The Punjab Election Committee, tasked with shortlisting candidates for the upcoming state elections, will be headed by PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu with Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as a member.
The poll committee includes former state chief Sunil Jakhar, all ministers and MPs of the state, including Rajya Sabha members Partap Singh Bajwa and Ambika Soni.
Among others in the panel are former CM Rajinder Bhattal, former state party chiefs HS Hanspal and Mohinder Singh Kaypee, AICC secretary KL Sharma, senior vice-president of the state unit Laal Singh, state working presidents Kuljit Nagra, Sukhwinder Danny and Pawan Goel. As per the Congress constitution, the state president heads all state election committees.
Among the 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 (Tarn 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). Sonia also appointed 35 district working presidents.
Channi, Jakhar, Soni on 29-member panel
- CM Charanjit Singh Channi
- Ex-PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar
- All Punjab ministers and MPs, including Partap Singh Bajwa and Ambika Soni
- Former CM Rajinder Bhattal
Navjot Singh Sidhu heads Punjab poll panel
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