Former Punjab CM Charanjit Channi includes in national Congress Working Committee by party high command
Punjab News: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has formed the Congress Working Committee for the first time after taking over the command of the party. The committee includes Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot, Randeep Surjewala and Kumari Selja among others. The other members are Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, P. Chidambaram, Manmohan Singh, Salman Khurshid, Jairam Ramesh, K.C. Venugopal.
The 18 permanent invitees to the committee are Veerappa Moily, Deepender Hooda, Harish Rawat and others. G-23 leaders Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Veerappa Moily have been retained in the committee. The new members of the committee include former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Mandi MP Pratibha Singh.