Lok Sabha Election 2024: Months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress constituted its manifesto committee for the key election next year and appointed the former Union Minister P Chidambaram as its chairman. The convenor of this important panel is the former Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister, T S Singh Deo. The panel, which has a total of 16 members, includes names such as Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The announcement comes a day after the key meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), where the party discussed its Lok Sabha poll strategy and said that it will announce the names of its candidates soon.
Congress President Shri @kharge has constituted the Manifesto Committee for the upcoming General Elections 2024 with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/TD9Rf4bWiu
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 22, 2023
"The Congress president has constituted the Manifesto Committee for the upcoming General Election 2024 with immediate effect," according to a statement issued by the party.
Former Union ministers Anand Sharma, Jairam Ramesh, and Shashi Tharoor are also part of the committee.
Senior Congress leader and former Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam and the party's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi are also in the committee, along with All India Professionals Congress chief Praveen Chakravarty.
The other members of the key panel, which will finalise the party's agenda for the election, are Imran Pratapgarhi, K Raju, Omkar Singh Markam, Ranjeet Ranjan, Jignesh Mevani, and Gurdeep Sappal.
(With input from agencies)