With the Rajasthan Assembly polls inching closer, Congress president Rahul Gandhi constituted nine different committees to manage its campaign in the State.
Former State Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been named chairperson of the State coordination committee. As the chairman of Coordination Committee, Gehlot will have authority to call other senior leaders as special invitee in the Coordination Committee Meetings.
Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot will head the state election committee which will shortlist candidates for the Congress Party’s central election panel’s review. Senior party leader Raghu Sharma has been appointed president of the campaign panel and former Union Minister CP Joshi as the chief of the publicity panel. Congress secretary in-charge of Punjab Harish Choudhry, a former MP, will chair the manifesto panel.
Other committees Rahul formed include discipline, transport and accommodation and protocol. Lakshmangarh legislator Govind Singh Dotasra will helm the media and coordination committee, while former Lalsot legislator Parsadilal Meena head the transport and accommodation committee. Rajasthan Mahila Congress chief Rehana Riaz has been made in charge of the protocol committee. The disciplinary committee will be headed by former Rajasthan Education Minister Bhanwarlal Meghwal. Rajasthan is slated to go for polls later this year.