Congress forms drafting committee for its plenary session

The Congress on Saturday constituted a drafting committee and several sub-groups for the 85th plenary session of the party to be held in Raipur in Chhattisgarh from February 24 to 26.

AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh has been appointed the chairman of the drafting committee, whose members include P Chidambaram, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Veerappa Moily, Ashok Chavan, Shashi Tharoor, Prithviraj Chavan and Mukul Wasnik.

"The Congress president has constituted the drafting committee and various sub-groups for the 85th Plenary Session...with immediate effect," AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said in a statement.


The sub-group on political affairs has M Veerappa Moily as its chairman and Ashok Chavan as convenor. It includes Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Kumari Selja and Charanjit Singh Channi.

The sub-group on economic affairs is chaired by P Chidambaram and Gaurav Vallabh is its convenor. Siddaramaiahn, Sachin Pilot and Milind Deora are among its members.

The sub-group on international affairs has Salman Khurshid as chairman and Shashi Tharoor as convenor. Anand Sharma, Manish Tiwari and Sam Pitroda are among its members.

The sub-group on farmers and agriculture is chaired by former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the subgroup on social justice and empowerment by Mukul Wasnik.

The sub-group on youth, education and employment is chaired by Amarinder Singh Raja Brar, with party MP Jothimani as its convenor. Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president B V Srinivas and National Students' Union of India (NSUI) president Neeraj Kundan are among its members.