In an attempt to reach out to different communities, the Congress has set up the Poorvanchali, Parvartiya and South Indian committees in the national Capital. The Delhi Congress has also officially announced the names of all its 14 district presidents in the city.
The party is also said to have finalised the names of its 280 block presidents, which are likely to be made public by the end of this month. A senior party leader said the entire exercise of selecting the new heads was done after taking into account various parameters which are necessary for any leader to head any wing.
Of the 14 district presidents, the party has retained only four of its former leaders — Surinder Pal Singh for Karawal Nagar, laxman Rawat for Patparganj, Madan Khorwal for Karol Bagh and Inderjeet Singh for Rohini.
A party insider said that local leader Mohd Usman has been appointed as head of the Chandni Chowk district. Other new district presidents are Harikishan Jindal of Vaish community for Adarsh Nagar, former MlA Beesham Sharma (Brahmin) for Babarpur, Sunil Vohra of Punjabi community for Krishna Nagar, Municipal Councillor Virender Kasana of Gujjar community for New Delhi, Surinder Kumar (SC) for Kirari, Pradeep Sharma, a Punjabi Pundit, for Tilak Nagar, Om Dutt Yadav (OBC) for Najafgarh, Rajesh Chauhan (SC) for Mehrauli and former legislator Ram Singh Netaji of Gujjar community for Badarpur.
Those who have been replaced are Javed Ali from Chandni Chowk, Mukesh Goyal from Adarsh Nagar, Razia Sultana from Babarpur, Chaudhary Ajit Singh from Krishna Nagar, Neeraj Basoya from New Delhi, Sadhu Ram Mittal from Kirari, PS Bawa from Tilak Nagar, former councillor Jai Kishan Sharma from Najafgarh, Rajbir Singh Yadav from Mehrauli and former MP Sajjan Kumar’s son Jag Parvesh from Badarpur.