NEW PCC FOR MAHARASHTRA

Party Nominees Win RS Poll in Kerala Thiruvanantapuram : Congress Party nominees for Rajya Sabha seats - Mr. Vayalar Ravi and Mr. Thennala Balakrishna Pillai were elected on 14 April, 2003. Mr. Ravi polled 38 and Mr. Pillai 36 votes.

Following are the new office-bearers of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, according to the AICC press release on March 15, 2003 :

President : Shri Ranjeet Deshmukh.

Vice-presidents : 1. Shri Manikrao Gavil, MP - Nandurbar; 2. Shri Rohidas Patil - Dhule; 3. Shri Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar, MP - Nanded; 4. Shri Sandipan Thorat, ex-MP - Sholapur; 5. Shri Avinash Pandey - Nagpur; 6. Shri Ganesh Dudhgaonkar - Parbhani; 7. Shri Hussain Dalwai, MLC - Ratnagiri; 8. Smt. Prabhavati Ojha - Nagpur; 9. Shri Janardhana Bondre - Buldhana; 10. Shri Anant Gadgil - Pune; 11. Shri Ramu Patel - Amrawati, and 12. Shri Sharad Ranpise, MLC - Pune.

General Secretaries : 1. Shri Sanjay Dutt - Konkan; 2. Shri Subhash Chavan - Konkan; 3. Shri Laxmanrao Tayade, MLA - Akola; 4. Shri Janardhan Chandurkar, MLA - Mumbai; 5. Smt. Nigar Sultana Baraskar - Pune; 6. Shri Sharad Tasre - Amrawati; 7. Shri Pradeep Rathi - Latur; 8. Shri Murlidhar Mane - Nasik; 9. Shri Prakash Mugdiya - Aurangabad; 10. Shri Shirish Duppaliwar - Nagpur, and 11. Smt. Saguna Talandi - Gadchiroli.

Secretaries : 1. Shri Ramdas Phutane - Nasik; 2. Shri Marutrao Kowase - Gadchroli; 3. Shri Shankar Pitla - Mumbai; 4. Shri Rajan Bhosale - Mumbai; 5. Shri Muzaffar Ahmad - Nagpur; 6. Shri Babu Thomas - Navi Mumbai; 7. Shri Rajkumar Nasikrao Tirupude - Nagpur, 8. Smt. Sabia Sultana Ahmed Patel - Osmanabad; 9. Shri Deepak Katole - Nagpur (City); 10. Shri Vilasrao Shendge - Sangli; 11. Adv. Mahadeo Shelar - Satara; 12. Adv. Smt. Lata Chavan - Konkan; 13. Shri Anand Rao Mohite - Sangli; 14. Shri S.Q. Zama - Nagpur, and 15. Shri Sewak Waghaye - Gondia.

Joint Secretaries : 1. Shri Narayan Munde - Beed; 2. Shri Rehman Khan Mehboob Khan - Nagpur; 3. Shri Jasbir Singh Anand - Mumbai; 4. Adv (Mrs.) Vijaya Bangade - Chanderpur; 5. Shri Balasaheb Mangudkar - Yavatmal; 6. Smt. Kaushalya Ravi Patil - Raigad; 7. Shri Baburao Ramiste - Satara; 8. Shri Dhondiram Rathod - Jalana; 9. Prof. Prakash Sonawane - Dhule; 10. Shri Jayprakash Singh - Mumbai; 11. Shri Raju Chandwani - Ulhasnagar, and 12. Shri Mahendra Salve - Mumbai.

Executive Committee : 1. Shri Bhimrao Patole - Pune; 2. Dr. Yeshwant Bajirao, ex-MLA - Nagpur; 3. Shri Ramesh Nokose, MLC - Nagpur; 4. Shri Vijay More - Pune; 5. Shri Makhram Pawar, MLC - Akola (N.Tribe); 6. Shri Laxmanrao Hatankar - Ratnagiri; 7. Shri Sudhakar Gajbe - Nagpur; 8. Shri Bhausaheb Bhele - Amrawati; 9. Shri Naresh Thakre, MLA - Amrawati; 10. Shri Ranjeet Kamble, MLA - Wardha; 11. Shri Bajrang Desai, MLA - Kohlapur; 12. Shri Anil Aher, MLA - Nasik; 13. Smt. Alka Desai - Mumbai; 14. Shri Augustine Pinto - Mumbai; 15. Shri Sidhram Mhetre, MLA - Solapur; 16. Shri Ajinkya Desai - Sindhudurg; 17. Dr. Vijaya Patil - Mumbai; 18. Gev. M. Awari, ex-MP - Nagpur; 19. Ms. Raisa Sheikh - Ahmednagar; 20. Smt. Sudha Joshi, MLC - Mumbai; 21. Shri Sudhakar Gangane, MLC - Akola; 22. Shri Devidas Bhansali - Pune; 23. Shri Satyajeet Deshmukh - Sangli; 24. Shri Raghvan Sarthy - Mumbai; 25. Shri Mushtaq Antulay - Mumbai; 26. Shri Naresh Puglia, MP - Chandrapur; 27. Shri Prakash Patil, MP - Sangli; 28. Shri Arvind Kamble, ex-MP - Osmanabad; 29. Shri Vijay Darda, MP - Aurangabad; 30. Shri Shamsher Singh Sondhi - Aurangabad, and 31. Shri Subhash Kanade - Thane.

Advisory Committee : 1. All former PCC Presidents, 2. All former Chief Ministers, 3. Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, 4. Shri Shivraj Patil, 5. Shri Vasant Sathe, 6. Shri N.K.P. Salve, 7. Shri Sunil Dutt, 8. Shri Suresh Kalmadi, 9. Ms. Saroj Khaparde, 10. Shri Mukul Wasnik, 11. Shri Ishaw Jamkhanwala, 12. Shri Vijay Naval Patil, 13. Shri Vilas Muttemwar, 14. Shri Shantram Potdhuke, 15. Shri T.S. Shringare, 16. Shri Uday Singh Rao Gaikwad, 17. Shri Prithviraj Chavan, and 18. Shri Murli Deora.

Gurdas Kamat Mumbai RCC Chief Smt. Sonia Gandhi has appointed Shri Gurdas Kamat as the President of the Mumbai Regional Pradesh Congress Committee, according to AICC general secretary, Incharge, Vayalar Ravi. Human Rights Deptt. New Committee The Human rights Department, All India Congress Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice Ranganath Misra, MP constituted the new Committee to augment the activities of the Department. The objective is to sensitize party workers and also to generate awareness amongst people about their rights and responsibilities. The following officials are members of the expanded Committee : Shri A.K. Sood (Secretary, Human Rights Department, AICC); Shri K.S. Thakur (Secretary, Human rights Department, AICC); Justice Shri A.S. Tripathi (Jt. Secretary, Human Rights Department, AICC); Shri Kuldip Khanna (Jt. Secretary, Human Rights Department, AICC); Shri Yogesh Malik (Co-ordinator, Human Rights Department, AICC); Shri K.L. Malhotra (Co-ordinator for International Chapter, Human Rights Department, AICC); Shri Dharam Pal Pawar (Co-ordinator, Backward Classes & SC/ST, Human Rights Department, AICC); Dr. Shrimati Anuradha Kunte (Co-ordinator, Mahila Chapter, Human Rights Department, AICC) and Prof. Shrimati Suchitra Gupta (Co-ordinator, University Chapter, Human Rights Department, AICC)