Sukhbir rejigs SAD set-up with 11 new general secretaries

CHANDIGARH: Shir oman iA kali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Bad al on Wednesday inducted 11 new general secretaries and 9 senior vice-presidents in the party.

Announcing the new set-up of the party in a statement here, Sukhbir said it will infuse fresh energy into the party

The new general secretaries are Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Sohan Singh Thandal, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Iqbal Singh Jhunda, Pawan Kumar Tinu, Gurpartap Singh Wadala, Ma np re et Sing hA ya li, H ar meet Singh Sandhu, Gaganjit Singh Barn ala and Harp re et SinghKo tb hai.Sukhb ir has retained Dr Ratan Singh Ajnala and Bikram Singh Majithia as general secretaries.

With the new appointees, the number of general secretaries has gone up from nine to 13.

The new senior vice-presidents are Prem Singh Chandumajra, Maheshinder Singh Grewal, Nirmal Singh Kahlon, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Daljit Singh Cheema, Naresh Gujral and Sharanjit Singh Dhillon.

Five existing senior vice-p residents C ha ranji tS inghAtw al, Ranjit Singh Brahampura, Balwinder Singh Bhundar, Tota Singh and Upinderjit Kaur have been retained, whereas former minister Hira Singh Gabria has been dropped from the list, which now contains 14 appointees instead of earlier eight.

Meanwhile, former CM Parkash Singh Badal continues to be the party patron in the new structure announced by sonSukhb ir. Sukh dev SinghD hinds a has been retained as secretary general.

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