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D K Shivakumar to head campaign panel in Karnataka

The tenure of the Assembly ends in May 2018 and the state is expected to go to polls around April.

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday approved a 70-member campaign committee headed by energy minister D K Shivakumar for the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state.

Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president G Parmeshwar said. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will also be a member of the committee which includes all top Congress leaders of the state. Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, M Mallikarjun Kharge is also a member of the committee. The committee will have all former union ministers from the state, former PCC presidents, all chiefs of the party's frontal organisations, all AICC office-bearers and all members of both Houses of Parliament as members.

The tenure of the Assembly ends in May 2018 and the state is expected to go to polls around April.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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