Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul In Congress Election Committee Constituted Ahead Of Assembly Polls

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday constituted a Central Election Committee (CEC) that will make all the critical election-related decisions for the grand old party, news agency ANI reported. The new CEC has a total of 16 leaders including K C Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Rahul Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi, among others.

The development comes as critical assembly elections in states including as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh approach. The panel deliberates and finalises the candidate list for any parliamentary or state elections, including by-elections.

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Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge constitutes a 16-member Central Election Committee of the party pic.twitter.com/EiTc1cPbow

— ANI (@ANI) September 4, 2023

Chhattishgarh leader TS Sing Deo and Uttar Pradesh leader Salman Khurshid were the new names in the list.

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The election committee also includes Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal, and senior party stalwarts Ambika Soni and Madhusudan Mistry.

UP Minister Faces Flak Over Washing Hands In ‘Argha’ Of Shivling, Oppn Calls Him ‘Adharmi’ — WATCH The key panel also includes Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister T S Singh Deo, former Union Minister Salman Khurshid, Lok Sabha MP from Telangana Uttam Kumar Reddy, and Karnataka minister K J George.

Here’s the full list:

1. Mallikarjun Kharge
2. Sonia Gandhi
3. Rahul Gandhi 
4. Ambika Soni
5. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
6. Salman Khurshid
7. Madhusudan Mistry
8. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
9. T S Singh Deo
10.  K J Geogre
11. Pritam Singh
12. Mohammad Jawed
13. Amee Yajnik
14. P L Punia
15. Omkar Markam
16. K C Venugopal

Former Uttarakhand Congress president Pritam Singh, Bihar MP Mohammed Jawed, and Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yajnik, in addition to former MP P L Punia and Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Omkar Markam, have been named to the panel.