Chandigarh: The Congress on Monday constituted a 29-member state election committee in Punjab to be headed by party president Navjot Singh Sidhu. Assembly election to the state is due early next year.
The Punjab Election Committee, tasked with shortlisting candidates for the upcoming state elections, will be headed by PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu with Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as a member.
The poll committee includes former state chief Sunil Jakhar, all ministers and MPs of the state, including Rajya Sabha members Partap Singh Bajwa and Ambika Soni.
Among others in the panel are former CM Rajinder Bhattal, former state party chiefs HS Hanspal and Mohinder Singh Kaypee, AICC secretary KL Sharma, senior vice-president of the state unit Laal Singh, state working presidents Kuljit Nagra, Sukhwinder Danny and Pawan Goel. As per the Congress constitution, the state president heads all state election committees.