Congress appoints 28 district presidents

CHANDIGARH: Four sitting MLAS and 11 former legislators are among the 28 party leaders who have been named as presidents of the District Congress Committees (DCC) in Punjab.

The appointments approved by the All-india Congress Committee (AICC). MLA Barindermeet Singh Pahra has been named as DCC in Gurdaspur, whereas Naresh Puri has been made the DCC president in Pathankot. MLAS Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal and Hardev Singh Laddi have made chiefs of Kapurthala and Jalandhar Rural, according to the list released by AICC general secretary KC Venugopal on Saturday night. Among the ex-mlas on the list are Harpartap Singh Ajnala (Amritsar Rural), Arun Dogra (Hoshiarpur), Sanjay Talwar (Ludhiana Urban), Lakhbir Singh Lakha (Khanna), Harminder Gill (Tarn Taran), Kaka Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh (Muktsar), Davinder Singh Ghubaya (Fazilka), Kulbir Singh Zira (Ferozepur), Rajinder Berry (Jalandhar Urban), Gurpreet Singh GP (Fatehgarh Sahib) and Dalvir Singh Goldy (Sangrur). Others on the list include Ajay Mangupur (Nawanshahr), Naresh Duggal (Patiala Urban), Mahant Harwinder Khanaura (Patiala Rural), Major Singh Mullanpur (Ludhiana Rural), Jagjit Singh Jitti (Mohali), Kuldeep Singh Kaala Dhillon (Barnala), Arshdeep Michael Gagowal (Mansa), Rajan Garg (Bathinda Urban) and Khushbaz Singh Jattana (Bathinda Rural).