CONGRESS POLL, CAMPAIGN PANELS OKAYED FOR HARYANA

NEW DELHI : Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday approved a 28-member election committee and 50-member campaign committee for the party’s Haryana unit. The panel has top Congress leaders – former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former state unit chief Ashok Tanwar, party’s spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala – as members. Former CLP leader Kiran Chaudhary, Kuldeep Bishnoi and Captain Ajay Yadav are also part of the panel.

NEW DELHI : Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday approved a 28-member election committee and 50-member campaign committee for the party’s Haryana unit.

The election panel has top Congress leaders – former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former state unit chief Ashok Tanwar, party’s national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala – as members.

Former Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Kiran Chaudhary, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Captain Ajay Yadav, HS Chatta, Phoolchand Mallana and Mahendra Pratap Singh are also part of the committee, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said.

The presidents of the Youth Congress, the NSUI and the Seva Dal have also been included in the election panel.

Meanwhile, the campaign committee will be headed by Captain Ajay Yadav with Dilu Ram Bazigar as its convenor. The committee includes former Union minister and state unit chief Kumari Selja, Hooda, Chaudhary, Tanwar, Surjewala, Bishnoi, former MP Deepender Singh Hooda and many others.