INDIA bloc expands new panel appointments for 2024 polls
The bloc had established a 14-member committee that serves both as a coordination body and as a strategy committee for the upcoming elections, featuring members from different political parties.
The opposition bloc INDIA on Saturday (September 2) announced additional appointments to various committees formed during their Mumbai meeting, aimed at preparing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The bloc had formed a 14-member coordination-cum-election strategy committee comprising members of various parties.
The opposition alliance had also announced a campaign committee with Congress' Gurdeep Singh Sappal, JD(U)'s Sanjay Jha, Anil Desai (Shiv Sena), Sanjay Yadav (RJD), PC Chako (NCP), Champai Soren (JMM), Kiranmoy Nanda (Samajwadi Party), Sanjay Singh (AAP), Arun Kumar (CPI-M), Binoy Vishwam (CPI), Hasnain Masoodi (NC), Shahid Siddiqui (RLD), NK Premachandran (RSP), G Devarajan (AIFB), Ravi Rai (CPI-ML), Thirumavalan (VCK), KM Kadar Moidin (IUML) and Jose K Mani (KC-M) as its members. The TMC was to give a name for the committee later. In a statement released on Saturday, the names of Tiruchi Siva of the DMK and Mehboob Beg of the PDP were added to the campaign committee.
While the names of Congress' Pawan Khera and DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi were added to the working group for media, DMK's Dayanidhi Maran and RLD's Rohit Jakhad find a place in the bloc's working group for social media. A Raja of the DMK has been added to the working group for research.
On Friday, it was announced that the working group for social media would have Supriya Srinate (Congress), Sumit Sharma (RJD), Ashish Yadav and Rajeev Nigam (SP), Raghav Chaddha (AAP), Avindani (JMM), Iltija Mehbooba (PDP), Pranjal (CPI-M), Bhalchandran Kango (CPI), Ifra Ja (NC) and V Arun Kumar (CPI-ML) as its members. The TMC is yet to give a name of a leader to be included in the panel. The working group for media includes Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, Manoj Jha of the RJD, Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena), Jitendra Ahwad (NCP), Raghav Chaddha (AAP), Rajiv Ranjan (JD-U), Pranjal (CPI-M) and Ashish Yadav (SP).
JMM's Supriyo Bhattacharya and Alok Kumar, Manish Kumar of JD(U), Rajeev Nigam (SP), Bhalchandran Kango (CPI), NC's Tanvir Sadiq, RLD's Prashant Kanojia, AIFB's Naren Chatterjee, Sucheta De of CPI(ML) and Mohit Bhan (PDP) are also its members. The TMC will give the name of its leader later for inclusion in the panel. The working group for research was formed with members including Amitabh Dubey (Congress), Subodh Mehta (RJD), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena), Vandana Chavan (NCP), KC Tyagi of the JD(U), Sudivya Kumar Sonu (JMM), Jasmine Shah (AAP), Alok Ranjan (SP), Imran Nabi Dar (NC) and Aditya (PDP). The TMC will give the name of their leader as a member of the panel later.
(With agency inputs)
