New Delhi, March 28 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday appointed 12 new vice-presidents and 27 new general secretaries in the Himachal Pradesh unit of the party.
"Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal for the formation of the executive committee, disciplinary committee, and the appointment of vice-presidents, treasurer, and general secretaries of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, with immediate effect," said Congress general secretary K C Venugopal in a statement.
Among those appointed to the executive committee are Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, former Union minister Anand Sharma, and former Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh, as well as senior leaders Asha Kumari, Col Dhani Ram Shandil, Viplove Thakur, Kaul Singh Thakur, Chander Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar, and Kuldeep Singh Rathore.
The committee also includes sitting ministers Harshwardhan Chauhan, Jagat Singh Negi, Rohit Thakur, Anirudh Singh, and Vikramaditya Singh, as well as Rajesh Dharmani, Yadvinder Goma, Ram Lal Thakur, Gangu Ram Musafir, and Anita Venna.
All Congress secretaries in charge of Himachal Pradesh, all party MLAs, heads of frontal organizations, and chairpersons of the state Congress's SC, OBC, and Adivasi departments will also be ex officio members of the executive committee.
The newly appointed vice-presidents include Prakash Chaudhary, Neeraj Bharti, Bumber Thakur, Satpal Raizada, Rajneesh Kimta, Paras Ram, Mohinder Chauhan, Jeewan Thakur, Karan Singh Pathania, Amit Nanda, and Chet Ram Thakur.
Vinod Zinta, Pawan Thakur, Anita Verma, Amit Bharmouri, Hari Krishan Himral, Surinder Mankotia, Yash Pal Tanaik, Vikas Thakur, Yashwant Khanna, Ranjeet Singh Rana, Dharmender Dhami, Manmohan Katoch, Suresh Nagta, Vivek Kumar, Devinder Jaggi, Mahender Stan, and Hari Chand Sharma have also been appointed as general secretaries.
In addition, Satyajeet Negi, Ramesh Chauhan, Jyoti Khanna, Yadopati Thakur, Sonia Chauhan, Balwinder Babloo, Ramesh Thakur, Chander Shekhar Sharma, and Upender Kant Mishra have also been made general secretaries.
Kuldeep Singh Rathore has been appointed as the chairman of the disciplinary action committee.
