Thiruvananthapuram: Seven Congress leaders from the state have found a place in the crucial committees constituted by party president Rahul Gandhi for the forthcoming plenary session of the party. They are A. K. Antony, K. V. Thomas, P. C. Chacko, K. C. Venugopal, Shashi Tharoor, Shanimol Usman and V. D. Satheesan.
Mr Antony, CWC member, has been included in the 11-member economic affairs committee headed by P. Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh as convener. “Antony has been included in the four committees on economic, political, drafting and international affairs. This is for the first time in recent history that seven leaders from Kerala have found a place in the various committees for the plenary session,” said a top Congress leader.
Alappuzha MP and AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka K. C. Venugopal, AICC in-charge P. C. Chacko and the KPCC political affairs committee member Shanimol Usman have been included in the organising committee. MPs K. V. Thomas and Shashi Tharoor and KPCC vice-president V. D. Satheesan MLA are in the 44-memebr drafting committee headed by former prime minister Manmohan Singh. AICC general secretary in charge of the state, Mukul Wasnik, is the convener.
Tharoor is also in the sub-group on international affairs headed by Anand Sharma and Jyotoraditya Scindia as convener. K. V. Thomas is in the sub-group on agriculture, employment and poverty alleviation. Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is the chairman and AICC general secretary Meenakshi Natarajan is the convener.
