After much delay, Congress President Sonia Gandhi gave her nod for the constitution of new Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) for Himachal Pradesh which has the blend of youth as well as experienced and seeks to placate all factions of the state unit of the party.
The new PCC was announced after nearly six months of appointment of Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu as party president. Several rounds of discussions were held by the party’s central leadership with Sukhu and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh before the announcement of new State team of ruling Congress. The announcement was delayed due to the Mandi bye-election and also due to change of of AICC General Secretary in-charge of the party, Chaudhary Birendra Singh with party general secretary Ambika Soni.
Sources said that the list of office bearers of PCC was finalized during last days of Chaudhary’s tenure but after he was replaced, some changes were made in top order by Ambika Soni in consultation with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Contrary to the popular notion which State Congress president Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu reiterated that the formula of one person-one post will be maintained, the new PCC has several leaders who are also serving in different posts in the Government.
The new PCC has seven vice presidents out of which five are Virbhadra Singh loyalists, including Harsh Mahajan chairman of HP cooperative societies. Party has appointed nine general secretaries, including Ram lal Thakur chairman of 20 point programme- a post of cabinet minister rank.
In the list of nine general secretaries, five are Virbhadra Singh loyalists while two are new faces Ajai Mahajan, Vinod Sultanpuri and Sunil Sharma. Sukhu had to face a tough task in maintaining a balance between different factions and efforts were made to take everyone along. Sukhu said that every effort was made to give proper representation to every region of the State and to every section of the society.
“The new PCC is young and experienced and has been made keeping the 2014 general election in mind,” said Sukhu over phone. The new PCC comprises of seven vice presidents, nine general secretaries, treasurer, 14 executive committee members and 20 permanent invitees, which includes Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Union Minister Anand Sharma. Manohar lal n Shimla After much delay, Congress President Sonia Gandhi gave her nod for the constitution of new Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) for Himachal Pradesh which has the blend of youth as well as experienced and seeks to placate all factions of the state unit of the party.
The new PCC was announced after nearly six months of appointment of Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu as party president. Several rounds of discussions were held by the party’s central leadership with Sukhu and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh before the announcement of new State team of ruling Congress.
The announcement was delayed due to the Mandi bye-election and also due to change of of AICC General Secretary in-charge of the party, Chaudhary Birendra Singh with party general secretary Ambika Soni.Sources said that the list of office bearers of PCC was finalized during last days of Chaudhary’s tenure but after he was replaced, some changes were made in top order by Ambika Soni in consultation with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Contrary to the popular notion which State Congress president Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu reiterated that the formula of one person-one post will be maintained, the new PCC has several leaders who are also serving in different posts in the Government. The new PCC has seven vice presidents out of which five are Virbhadra Singh loyalists, including Harsh Mahajan chairman of HP cooperative societies. Party has appointed nine general secretaries, including Ram lal Thakur chairman of 20 point programme- a post of cabinet minister rank.
In the list of nine general secretaries, five are Virbhadra Singh loyalists while two are new faces Ajai Mahajan, Vinod Sultanpuri and Sunil Sharma. Sukhu had to face a tough task in maintaining a balance between different factions and efforts were made to take everyone along. Sukhu said that every effort was made to give proper representation to every region of the State and to every section of the society.
“The new PCC is young and experienced and has been made keeping the 2014 general election in mind,” said Sukhu over phone. The new PCC comprises of seven vice presidents, nine general secretaries, treasurer, 14 executive committee members and 20 permanent invitees, which includes Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Union Minister Anand Sharma.