PPCC office-bearers announced

PATIALA, Aug 6: President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Amarinder Singh here today announced his 50-member team of new office-...

PATIALA, Aug 6: President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Amarinder Singh here today announced his 50-member team of new office-bearers of the PPCC. Most of the office-bearers are new faces in the PPCC even as the new Congress president has replaced district unit presidents of eight Punjab districts.

While an effort has been made to give representation to different groups of Congressmen, independent observers pointed out that several of those axed were staunch supporters of former PPCC chief and Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and also of the slain Chief Minister Beant Singh. Among the district Congress chiefs owing allegiance to the Beant Singh faction who have been replaced included the heads of Amritsar (Rural), Mansa, Muktsar, and Ludhiana (Urban).

These observers said that the new PPCC chief had tried to accommodate a large number of supporters of former Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar.

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The following are the new DCC chiefs of eight districts: Sukhsarkaria — Amritsar (Rural), Charanjit Singh Channi — Nawanshahar, Hardial Singh — Patiala (Rural), Ram Pal Dhaipe — Mansa, Avtar Singh Sidhu — Muktsar, Maheshinder Singh Nihalsinghwala — Moga, Rakesh Pandey — Ludhiana (Urban) and Harmohinder Singh — Ludhiana (Rural).

Vice presidents: Santosh Chaudhry (Hoshiarpur), Jagjit Singh (Jalandhar), H.S. Hanspal (Ludhiana), Avtar Henry (Jalandhar), Gurcharan Singh Ghalib (Ludhiana), Balmukand Sharma (Ferozepur), Jagmeet Singh Brar (Muktsar), Lal Singh (Patiala).

General secretaries: Balbir Singh Brar (Faridkot), Iqbal Singh (Jalandhar), Malti Thappar (Moga), Partap Singh Bajwa (Gurdaspur), Gurchet Singh Bhullar (Amritsar), Birdivinder Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib), Darbari Lal (Amritsar), Raj Kumar (Amritsar), Sant Ram Singla (Patiala).

Treasurer: Malkiat Singh Birmi (Ludhiana)

Secretaries: Gurmeet Singh Sodhi (Ferozepur), Anil Mehta (Patiala), Hans Raj Joshan (Ferozepur), M.S. Rinwa (Ferozepur), R.K. Kataria (Hoshiarpur), Jasjit Singh Randhawa (Patiala), Sardul singh (Amritsar), Jasbir Singh (Sangrur), Som Dutt (Sangrur), Ratna (Amritsar).

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Organising secretaries: Kamaljit Singh Oshan (Amritsar), Rajbir Singh (Amritsar), Brij Mohan Puri (Gurdaspur), Naresh Thakur (Hoshiarpur), Tarlochan Singh (Nawan Shahar), Anil Dutta (Jalandhar), Gurinder Singh Atwal (Jalandhar), Rajanbir Singh (Kapurthala), Harnek Singh Kaduan (Ropar), Gurdaman Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib), Sanjeev Garg (Patiala), Prem Gupta (Patiala), Jasbir Singh Dhindsa (Sangrur), Jagroop Singh Gill (Bathinda), Dalbir Singh (Mansa), Upinder Sharma (Faridkot), Gurnam Singh Abulkhurana (Muktsar), Vijaysathi (Moga), Sajawar Singh (Ferozepur), K.K. Bawa (Ludhiana), Gurdev Singh Lapra (Ludhiana), Lakhvinder Kaur Garcha (Ropar).

Permanent invitiees to PCC: Beant Singh, Ambika Soni, Santokh Singh Randhawa, Mohinder Singh Gill, Hans Raj Sharma, R.L. Bhatia, Harcharan Singh Brar, Virendra Kataria, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Sukhbans Bhinder, M.S. Bitta.

Special invitees to PCC: All present MLA’s and MPs, all presidents of frontal organisations and cells.

A committee of senior Congressmen and women who are welcome to take part in any or all meetings of the party executive as special invitees – Umrao Singh, Darshan Singh, Lekh Raj, Kirpal Singh Dhillon, Rana Moti Singh, Gurman Singh Sema, Harbans Singh Sidhu, Bhagwan Swarup, Prem Singh Prem, Mahasha Shanti Prakash, Jagdish Chand, Mansa Ram, Milkhi Ram Rattan, Mohan Lal Bachan Singh Pakho, Jugraj Singh, Kirpal Singh Makha, Faqir Chand, Swaran Yash, Shamsher Singh Duloo.

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