Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will lead the Congress’ poll campaign in Punjab and former CM Digambar Kamat will lead it in Goa in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi formed various committees for Punjab, Goa, Puducherry and Gujarat ahead of the general election due this summer.
Former Gujarat legislator Siddharth Patel, who is son of former State chief minister Chimanbhai Patel, has been made the campaign committee chief in Gujarat.
In Punjab, State Congress chief Sunil Jakhar is the chairman of the Pradesh Election Committee, which has other senior leaders, including Amarinder Singh, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Preneet Kaur and Pratap Singh Bajwa as its members.
The campaign committee for Punjab includes Ambika Soni, Shamsher Singh Dullo, Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Ashwani Kumar, Manpreet Singh Badal and Navjot Singh Sidhu.
In Gujarat, Rajeev Satav has been made the chairman of the Coordination Committee which has all top leaders.
OBC leader Alpesh Thakore has been made the convener of the Campaign Committee for Gujarat.
In Puducherry, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has been made the chairman of the Coordination Committee, while president of Puducherry Congress V Namassivayam has been made the chairman of Pradesh Election Committee.
Goa’s AICC in-charge A Chella Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the Coordination Committee with Girish Chodankar as the convener.
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