Amritsar: Congress has announced an election committee for next year's proposed assembly elections in Punjab. The election committee will be headed by state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu. Punjab CM Charanjeet Singh Channi has also been included in the team. Congress party general secretary KC Venugopal issued a statement informing him about the party's decision on Monday.

Venugopal said congress working president Sonia Gandhi has constituted the state election committee of the Punjab congress committee. He said the committee consists of Navjot Singh Sidhu as well as CM Charanjeet Singh Channi, senior leaders Ambika Soni, Sunil Jakhar, Pratap Singh Bajwa and several other leaders and MPs. The Congress has also appointed presidents and executive presidents of district Congress committees in 28 districts of Punjab.

According to the list, CM Channi has been appointed as a member of the committee. Earlier on December 6, the party had constituted an election screening committee comprising state in-charge Harish Chaudhary, Charanjeet Singh Channi, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Jakhar and ex-officio members of all Congress secretaries in charge of Punjab, Ajay Maken, Chandan Yadav and Krishna Allaru.

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