Chandigarh, February 5: In view of the general election, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday announced a 21-member state election committee for Punjab headed by state party president Sunil Jakhar.
The names of the candidates recommended to the high command by the state election committee will be finalised by the central election committee.
The Congress also announced another 21-member campaign committee chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Rajya Sabha members Ambika Soni and Shamsher Dullo.
The coordination committee headed by AICC general secretary in charge, Punjab affairs, Asha Kumari, has senior leaders Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Lal Singh on it.
The publicity and media committees are headed by Vijay Inder Singla and Manish Tewari, respectively, and have young leaders and MLAs on them.