Congress Sandesh May,2002

LIST

Following is the AICC release of 22 April, 2002 after the reshuffle :

Secretaries attached to General Secretaries :

List of additional names in CWC:

CWC members : 1. Shiv Raj Patil, 2. Vayalar Ravi

Permanent Invitees : 1. J.B. Patnaik, 2. S.B. Chavan.

All Chief Ministers will be Permanent Invitees except A.K. Antony and Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who are already member of Congress Working Committee.

Special Invitees :

1. Omem Deori, 2. Salman Khurshid, 3. Jaipal Reddy, (Ex-Officio - Chief Spokesperson)

List of Congress Working Committee :

1. Smt. Sonia Gandhi, 2. Ahmed Patel, 3. Arjun Singh, 4. Ghulam Nabi Azad, 5. Pranab Mukherjee, 6. R.K. Dhawan, 7. Kamal Nath, 8. Manmohan Singh, 9. A.K. Antony, 10. Oscar Fernandes, 11. Mukul Wasnik, 12. Mohsina Kidwai, 13. Ambika Soni, 14. N.D. Tiwari, 15. Motilal Vora, 16. K. Natwar Singh, 17. Sarojini Pulla Reddy, 18. Smt. Motamma, 19. Mahavir Prasad, 20. L.P. Shahi, 21. Shivraj Patil and 22. Vayalar Ravi

Permanent Invitees :

1. K. Karunakaran, 2. S.C. Jamir, 3. A.B.A. Ghani Khan Chaudhary, 4. J.B. Patnaik and 5. S.B. Chavan

All Chief Ministers will be permanent Invitees except A.K. Antony and Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who are already members of Congress Working Committee.

Special Invitees :

1. Madhavsinh Solanki, 2. Bhajan Lal, 3. P.M. Sayeed, 4. Chinta Mohan, 5. Mani Shankar Aiyar, 6. Ram Niwas Mirdha, 7. Sunil Dutt, 8. Omem Deori, 9. Salman Khurshid and 10. Jaipal Reddy (Ex-Officio - Chief Spokesperson)

Departments and Cells

Foreign Affairs Deptt. :

1. K. Natwar Singh (Chairman), 2. Eduardo Faleiro (Co-Chairman), 3. Aneil Mathrani (Secretary).

Economic Affairs Deptt. :

1. Manmohan Singh (Chairman), 2. Jairam Ramesh (Secretary).

Minorities Department :

1. A.R. Antulay (Chairman), 2. P.R. Kyndia (Co-Chairman), 3. H.S. Hanspal (Secretary), 4. Meem Afzal (Secretary)

SC/ST Department :

1. G. Venkataswamy (Chairman), 2. Arvind Netam (Co-Chairman), 3. Maurice Kujur (Secretary), 4. Kumari Jyoti (Secretary).

OBC Department :

1. P. Shiv Shankar (Chairman), 2. Srikant Jena (Co-Chairman), 3. Avtar Singh Bhadana (Secretary).

Environment and Science & Technology Department :

1. Shivraj Patil (Chairman), 2. Jagdish Tytler (Co-Chairman), 3. Ranee Nara (Secretary)

Human Rights Department :

1. Justice Rangnath Mishra (Chairman), 2. H. Hanumanthapa (Co-Chairman), 3. A.K. Sood (Secretary)

P.R. Communications & Information Department :

Major Dalbir Singh (Secretary)

Political Training Department :

1. Mani Shankar Aiyar (Chairman), 2. Harikesh Bahadur (Co-Chairman), 3. Apok Jamir (Secretary), 4. Pritam Arora (Secretary)

Political Planning & Coordination Department :

1. Salman Khurshid (Chairman), 2. Prithaviraj Chavan (Co-Chairman), 3. K.H. Muniyappa (Secretary), 4. Satyavrat Chaturvedi (Member),

Computer Department :

Vishvjit P. Singh (Chairman)

Kisan & Khet Mazdoor Congress :

1. Balram Jakhar (Chairman), 2. Renuka Chaudhary (Co-Chairman), 3. Satya Behn (Secretary)

Congress Sandesh :

Editorial Board :

Chairman : K. Natwar Singh

Members : Ajit Jogi, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Girija Vyas, Salman Khurshid and Sarvjit Singh.

Editor : Anil Shastri

Media Department :

Chairman : Ambika Soni,

Secretary : Tom Vadakkan,

Member : Ghulam Nabi Azad, K. Natwar Singh,

C.P.P :

P.R. Dasmunshi (Ex-Officio Member) and Suresh Pachauri (Ex-Officio Member)

1. T. Subbirami Reddy, 2. Vishwabandhu Gupta, 3. Rajiv Desai, 4. Sibte Rizvi, 5. Prabha Thakur, 6. Eduardo Faleiro.

Chief Spokesperson : Jaipal Reddy,

Spokespersons : Anand Sharma and Abhishek Singhvi.

Vichar Vibhag :

1. Ashwini Kumar (Chairman), 2. Prabha Thakur (Co-Chairman), 3. Dhirendra Tyagi (Secretary).

Relief Committee :

1. Ahmed Patel (Chairman), 2. Santosh Chaudhary (Co-Chairman), 3. T. Subbirami Reddy (Secretary, AICC).

Ex-Servicemen Cell :

1. Lt. Gen. Lakhera (Retd.) (Chairman) and 2. Capt. Praveen Davar (Secretary).

Legal Cell :

1. H.R. Bhardwaj (Chairman), 2. R.N. Mittal (Co-Chairman), 3. Ranji Thomas (Secretary).

Grivances Cell :

1. Saroj Khaparde (Chairman), 2. Archana Dalmia (Member), 3. Anuradha Kunte (Member).

Manifesto Implementation Committees

I. Arunchal Pradesh :

1. Mani Shankar Aiyar : Convenor, 2. Shivraj Patil : Deputy Leader (Lok Sabha), Chief Minister and PCC President - Mukut Mithi.

II. Assam :

1. Mohsina Kidwai : Convenor,

2. Manmohan Singh, CWC Member, 3. P.R. Kyndiah, MP Meghalaya, 4. Chief Minister - Tarun Gogoi, 5. PCC President - Paban Singh Ghatowar.

III. Bihar :

1. Oscar Fernandes : Convenor,

2. Madhavsinh Solanki, Special Invitee CWC, 3. Gurudas Kamath, Ex-MP, 4. PCC President - Shakeel Ahmed, 5. Leader Congress Legislative Assembly - Vijay Shankar Dubey, 6. Leader Congress Legislative Council - Prof. Arun Kumar.

IV. Chhattisgarh :

1. Ambika Soni : Convenor,

2. R.K. Dhawan, CWC Member, 3. Shiv Charan Mathur, Ex-CM Rajasthan, 4. Chief Minister - Ajit Jogi, 5. PCC President - Ramanuj Yadav.

V. Delhi :

1. Kamal Nath : Convenor,

2. P.M. Sayeed - Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha, 3. Chief Minister - Sheila Dikshit, 4. PCC President - Subhash Chopra.

VI. Karnataka :

1. Vayalar Ravi : Convenor,

2. Manmohan Singh, CWC Member, 3. Shivraj Patil, Deputy Leader (Lok Sabha), 4. Chief Minister - S.M. Krishna, 5. PCC President - Alum Veerbhadrappa.

VII. Kerala :

1. Ambika Soni : Convenor,

2. N. Janardan Reddy, Ex-C.M & MP, 3. Pratibhatai Patil Ex-MP, 4. Chief Minister - A.K. Antony, 5. PCC President - K. Murlidharan.

VIII. Madhya Pradesh :

1. Ambika Soni : Convenor,

3. R.K. Dhawan, CWC Member, 4. Shiv Charan Mathur, Ex-CM Rajasthan, 5. Chief Minister - Digvijay Singh, 6. PCC President - R.K. Malviya.

IX. Maharashtra :

1. Vayalar Ravi : Convenor,

2. Ram Niwas Mirdha - Special Invitee CWC, 3. Veerappa Moiley, Ex-CM, 4. Chief Minister - Vilasrao Deshmukh, 5. PCC President - Govind Rao Adik.

X. Nagaland :

1. Mani Shankar Aiyar : Convenor,

2. Manmohan Singh, CWC Member, 3. Chief Minister and PCC President - S.C. Jamir.

XI. Pondicherry :

1. Ramesh Chennithala : Convenor,

2. Veerappa Moiley, Ex-Chief Minister, 3. Chief Minister - Ranga Swamy, 4. PCC President - V. Narayanswamy.

XII. Rajasthan :

1. Ambika Soni : Convenor,

2. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, CWC Member, 3. P. Shiv Shankar, Ex-Union Minister, 4. Chief Minister - Ashok Gehlot, 5. PCC President - Girija Vyas.

XIII. Manipur :

1. Mani Shankar Aiyar : Convenor,

2. Pranab Mukherjee, CWC Member, 3. Chief Minister and PCC President - Ibobi Singh, 4. Rishang Kishing, MP.

XIV. Punjab :

1. Mohsina Kidwai : Convenor,

2. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Member CWC, 3. Chief Minister and PCC President : Capt. Amrinder Singh.

XV. Uttaranchal :

1. Motilal Vora : Convenor,

2. Sushil Kumar Shinde, MP, Member CEC, 3. PCC President - Harish Rawat, 4. Chief Minister - Narayan Dutt Tiwari.

Appointment

NELLORE (AP) : Shri B. Bhavani Nagendra Prasad has been appointed as joint convenor of All India Congress Sevadal by chief organiser of Congress Sevadal Shri Prahlad Yadav. According to Shri Yadav, Shri Prasad will act as joint convenor of the Training Department.

S. Gopal’s Death Condoled

Leader of the Opposition, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, on 21 April, 2002 released the following statement :

"I have learnt with great distress the passing away of Dr. S. Gopal, one of India’s most distinguished historians. He had a long and close association with my family and his 3-volume biography of Jawaharlal Nehru is an authoritative work of impeccable scholarship. He was, till the last day of his life, the editor in chief of the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, a publishing enterprise with few parallels.

At a time when dubious political ideology is giving way to academic rigour and brilliance in the writing of history, Dr. Gopal stands out as a shining example of intellectual integrity and achievement. His commitment to secularism was total.