CHANDIGARH: Stepping up preparations for the Punjab Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday constituted its state manifesto committee and chargesheet committee, assigning key responsibilities to several senior leaders.
According to orders issued under the signatures of state BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon, former state president and former Rajya Sabha member Avinash Rai Khanna has been appointed chairman of the manifesto committee. Former state president and former MP Sunil Jakhar will head the chargesheet committee.
Dhillon said the party would announce some more important committees in the coming days.
The 13-member manifesto committee includes Manpreet Singh Badal, Ashwani Sharma, Manoranjan Kalia, Som Parkash, Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Ashwani Sekhri, Satnam Singh Sandhu, Raghav Chadha, Rajinder Gupta, Harbhajan Singh, Parampal Kaur and advocate HS Phoolka. The panel comprises former Punjab ministers, legislators, MPs and senior party functionaries.
The 14-member chargesheet committee includes Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Vijay Sampla, Shwait Malik, Maharani Preneet Kaur, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Dinesh Babbu, Sushil Rinku, Geja Ram, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, SS Channi and Jagmeet Singh Brar. The party said the panel brings together leaders from both state and national levels.
According to the BJP, the manifesto committee will bring together experienced people and representatives from different sectors to prepare the party’s election manifesto.
The chargesheet committee, meanwhile, has been specifically tasked with preparing a list of allegations against opposition parties, particularly the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab.
