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Pondicherry

The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has on 29 October, 2005 approved the names of office-bearers and executive committee of the Pondicherry Pradesh Congress Committee, according to AICC general secretary, Shri Janardhan Dwivedi.

President: Shri P. Shanmugam

Vice Presidents: 1. Shri V. Sababathi @ Godandaraman, 2. Shri A. Annamalai Reddiar, 3. Shri R. Muthukrishnan, 4. Smt. Fathima Biwi, 5. Shri L. Pratap Raj Udaiyar and 6. Shri Cesai Xavier.

General Secretaries: 1. Shri A. Gandhiraj, 2. Shri S. Jothinarayanaswamy, 3. Shri S. Gnanapragasam, 4. Shri E. Rajalingam, 5. Shri R. Ravindra Varma, 6. Smt. Marie Theresa and 7. Shri V.M. C. Ganapathi.

Treasurer: Shri Hemapandurangan

Secretaries: 1. Shri Harikrishanan, 2. Shri A. Ashok Ananth, 3. Shri Abdul Rahman, 4. Shri S. Panneerselvam, 5. Shri R. Ganeshan, 6. Smt. Vijaya Vallan, 7. Shri K.S. Govindaraj, 8. Shri Anandou, 9. Shri N.S. J. Jayabal @ Iyyanar, 10. Shri M.O.H.U. Basheer, 11. Shri Thagarajan Muduliar, 12. Shri G. Rama Murthy, 13. Shri Palaninathan and 14. Shri Yerra Subramaneswar Rao.

Executive Committee: 1. Shri A.V. Subramaniam, 2. Shri K. Vinayagamurthy, 3. Shri K. Janakirama Reddiar, 4. Shri T. Thirgarajan, 5. Shri C. Kandasamy, 6. Shri N. Thiyagaraja Mudaliar, 7. Shri N. Rajarama Reddiar, 8. Shri M. Mahalingam, 9. Shri V. Balaji, 10. Shri M.O.H.F. Shahajahan, 11. Shri A. Ashok Ananth, 12. Shri K. Mohan and 13. Shri Richa Arikrishna.

Permanent Invitees: 1. Shri N. Rangasamy, 2. Shri V. Narayanasamy, 3. Shri V.P.M. Swamy, 4. Shri V. Vaithilingam, 5. Shri S. Ramasamy, 6. President, State Youth Congress, 7. President, State NSUI, 8. President, State Mahila Congress and 9. Chief Organiser, State Congress Seva Dal.

Special Invitees: 1. Shri M. Chandirakasu, 2. Shri E. Valsaraj, 3. Shri A. Elumalai, 4. Shri A. Namassivayam and 5. Shri Pethu Perumal.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, has approved on 24 October, 2005 the following names of office-bearers and members of the executive Committee of Dadra & Nagar Haveli Territorial Congress Committee as follows:

President: Shri Vikramsinh C. Parmar

Vice-Presidents: Shri Chandrasinh C. Chauhan, Shri Ramesh Bhai B. Patel

General Secretaries: Shri Nareshbhai S. Delkar, Shri Keshubhai V. Patel, Smt. Sulanben M. Pandey, Smt. Urmilaben Patel.

Treasurer: Shri Suresh R. Kotian

Secretaries: Shri Gangabhai S. Raut, Shri Gulabbhai Desai, Shri Manoj B. Dhonde, Shri Ashok Patel, Shri Prabhubhai J. Patel, Smt. Geetaben M. Patel.

Executive Members:

1. Shri Vikramsinh C. Parmar, 2. Shri Chandrasinh C. Chauhan, 3. Shri Ramesh Bhai B. Patel, 4. Shri Nareshbhai S. Delkar, 5. Shri Keshubhai V. Patel, 6. Smt. Sulanben M. Pandey, 7. Smt. Urmilaben Patel, 8. Shri Suresh R. Kotian, 9. Dr. T.P. Chauhan, 10. Shri Zakir Hussain, 11. Shri Chandubhai U. Patel, 12. Shri Kakadbhai Nikudia, 13. Shri Patabhai Radia, 14. Shri Ashok S. Patel, 15. Shri Damabhai I. Chaudhary, 16. Smt. Sunderben Z. Gangoda, 17. Shri Devjibhai Chaudhary, 18. Shri Mohammad Khureshi, 19. Shri Kantibhai Patel, 20. Shri Kaushil G. Shah, 21. Shri Babaliabhai Chaudhary, 22. Shri Durjanbhai S. Rathod, 23. Shri Philoman G. Coutinho, 24. Shri Mohan Janya Ghalnayak, 25. Smt. Ritaben A. Patel.

Rajasthan

The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has approved on 24 October, 2005 the names of Office-bearers, members of the Executive and Disciplinary Action Committee of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee as follows:

President: Dr. B.D. Kalla

Vice-Presidents: 1. Smt. Bina Kak, 2. Dr. Chandrabhan, 3. Shri Hari Singh Choudhary, 4. Shri Hari Singh Mahuwa, 5. Shri Aimamuddin Azad, 6. Shri Parasram Mordia, 7. Dr. Raghu Sharma, 8. Shri Tarachand Bhagora.

General Secretaries: 1. Shri Ask Ali Tak, 2. Shri Jai Singh Rathore, 3. Shri Mumtaz Masih, 4. Shri Raghuveer Meena, 5. Shri Rajender Pareek, 6. Shri Ram Gopal Bairwa, 7. Shri Sooraj Khatri, 8. Smt. Suchitra Arya.

Treasurer: Shri K.C. Chaudhary

Executive Committee: 1. Shri Babu Khan Warsi, 2. Shri Bhagraj Choudhary, 3. Shri Bhanwarlal Sharma, 4. Shri Bhudarmal Verma, 5. Dr. C.P. Joshi, 6. Shri Daljit Singh, 7. Shri Dayaram Parmar, 8. Shri Digvijay Singh, 9. Shri Hafiz Mohammed, 10. Smt. Hameeda Begum, 11. Smt. Jamuna Solanki, 12. Shri Janardhan Singh Gehlot, 13. Shri Ramesh Khichi, 14. Shri Krishna Murari Gangawat, 15. Shri Mahendra Singh, 16. Shri Mahesh Joshi, 17. Shri Mahipal Maderna, 18. Shri Nathuram Ahari, 19. Dr. Smt. Param Navdeep Singh, 20. Smt. Nirmala Shekhawat, 21. Shri Parsadilal Meena, 22. Shri Rajkumar Mathur, 23. Shri Ram Raghunath Choudhary, 24. Shri Richpal Mirdha, 25. Smt. Rama Pilot, 26. Shri Shankar Pannu, 27. Shri Shiv Narayan Nagar, 28. Col. Sona Ram Choudhary, 29. Smt. Suman Yadav, 30. Smt. Sunita Bhati, 31. Smt. Vijay Laxmi Bishnoi.

Permanent Invitees: 1. Shri Ashok Gehlot, 2. Shri Banwarilal Bairwa, 3. Shri Jagannath Pahadia, 4. Shri K. Natwar Singh, 5. Smt. Kamla, 6. Shri Namonarayan Meena, 7. Shri Narayan Singh, 8. Shri Parasram Maderna, 9. Shri Ram Narayan Chaudhary, 10. Shri Ram Narayan Meena, 11. Shri Shiv Charan Mathur, 12. Shri Sis Ram Ola, 13. Shri Zubair Khan.

Special Invitees: 1. Shri Devendra Singh, 2.Shri Amin Khan, 3. Shri Ramakant Vyas, 4. Major R.P. Singh, 5. Shri Mohan Prakash, 6. Capt. Mahender Mathur, 7. Smt. Zakiya, 8. Shri Jitendra Singh. Members of Parliament: 1. Smt. Jamuna Barupal, 2. Shri Moolchand Meena, 3. Shri Santosh Bagrodia, 4. Dr. Smt. Prabha Thakur, 5. Dr. Karan Singh Yadav, 6. Shri Sachin Pilot Chiefs of Frontal Organisations: 1. President, Pradesh Youth Congress, 2. President, Pradesh Mahila Congress, 3. Chief Organiser, Congress Seva Dal, 4. President, State NSUI, 5. President, Pradesh INTUC.

Spokespersons: 1. Dr. Smt. Param Navdeep Singh, 2. Shri Sampat Singh Dhamora.

Secretaries: 1. Shri Anand Mangal Mishra, 2. Shri Ajeet Singh Sekhawat, 3. Shri Ashok Bairwa, 4. Shri Bhagwan Sahay Saini, 5. Shri Giriraj Garg, 6. Shri Girish Choudhary, 7. Shri Jagdish Chandra, 8. Shri Kalulal Khatik, 9. Shri Kuldeep Srivastav, 10. Shri Kuldeep Indora, 11. Shri Lal Chand Katariya, 12. Ms. Meenakshi Chandrawat, 13. Shri Nihal Meena, 14. Shri Pukhraj Parashar, 15. Smt. Poonam Goyal, 16. Smt. Rehana Riyaz, 17. Shri Rajendra Sankhla, 18. Shri Ravindra Tyagi, 19. Shri Sanjay Bafna, 20. Shri Suresh Gautam, 21. Shri Surendra Bamania, 22. Shri Vijendra Singh, 23. Shri Virendra Pooniya, 24. Smt. Saroj Choudhary, 25. Shri Vinay Tyagi, 26. Shri Taj Khan.

Disciplinary Action Committee

Chairman: Shri Pradhyuman Singh,

Members: Shri Shankar Pannu, Dr. Smt. Prabha Thakur, Shri Hafiz Mohammad, Shri Prasadilal Meena, Shri Ram Raghunath Chaudhary.

West Bengal

The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has approved the names of office-bearers, members of the executive and election committee of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee as per the list attached. According to a press release of Shri Motilal Vora, Treasurer, AICC. The details are as follow:

President: Shri Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (Declared)

Working President: Shri Pradip Bhattacharya (Declared)

Vice-President: 1. Sh. Gyan Singh Sohanpal, 2. Sh. Nurul Islam, 3. Dr. Maya Ghosh, 4. Dr. Motahar Hossain, 5. Sh. Sudip Bandopadhyay

General Secretaries: 1. Dr. Manas Bhunia (Midnapore), 2. Shri Ram Peary Ram, MLA (South Kolkata), 3. Dr. Nurujjaman, 4. Sh. Shankar Singh, MLA, 5. Smt. Krishna Debnath. Treasurer: Dr. Devi Pal (Kolkata)

Secretaries: 1. Smt. Subhra Ghosh, 2. Smt. Nargis Begum, 3. Smt. Shammi Jehan, 4. Shri Kanak Debnath, 5. Shri Swapan Ghosh, 6. Shri Shuvankar Sarkar, 7. Shri Sibaji Singh Roy, 8. Shri Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee, 9. Shri Hyder Ali, 10. Sh. Brain Sweeny.

Executive Members: 1. Smt. Sabita Roy - Cooch Behar, 2. Shri Gajendra Nath Barman - Jalpaiguri,

1. Shri Lakshmiram Hembram _ Dakshin Dinajpur, 2. Smt. Parboti Prodhan _ Darjeeling Hill; 3. Shri Devi Ghoshal _ North 24 Paraganas; 4. Shri Kazi Abdul Gaffar _ North 24 Paraganas; 5. Shri Jyoti Choudhury _ Hoogly; 6. Shri Anil Mudi _ Purba Medinipur; 7. Shri Kumud Bhattacharya _ Dakshin 24 Parganas; 8. Shri Swapan Banerjee _ Bankura; 9. Dr. Sukumar Roy _ Purulia; 10. Shri Chandrasekhar Banerjee _ Burdwan Industrial; 11. Shri Abhas Bhattacharjee _ Burdwan Rural; 12. Shri D.P. Roy, ex-M.P. _ Jalpaiguri; 13. Prof. P.N.Roy, MLA (SC) _ Uttar Dinajpur; 14. Shri Abdul Mannan, MLA _ Hoogly; 15. Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury, MLA _ Malda; 16. Shri Paras Dutta, MLA; 17. Shri Shyamal Bhattacharjee _ Kolkata; 18. Prof. Neela Majumdar _ Kolkata; 19. Smt. Bansi Karmakar _ Burdwan Industrial; 20. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy _ Kolkata; 21. Dr. (Md) Fazley Haque _ Cooch Behar; 22. Shri Jiban Mukherjee _ Birbhum; 23. Shri Samar Mukherjee _ Malda; 24. Shri Ashit Mitra, CLP, Chief Whip _ Howrah; 25. Shri Manik Bhowmick _ Purva Medinipur; 26. Smt. Surva Ghosh _ Kolkata; 27. Smt. Nargis Begum _ Kolkata; 28. Shri Ashok Jha _ Barabazar; 29. Shri Ambika Banerjee, MLA

Permanent Invitees:

1. Shri AB.A. Gani Khan Choudhury; 2. Shri P.R. Dasmunsi, MP; 3. Shri Somen Mitra; 4. Shri Atish Sinha (Leader _CLP); 5. Shri Subroto Mukherjee, MLA; 6. Shri Gautam Chakraborty _ Malda, Sabhadhipati Zilla Parishad Malda; 7. Smt. Siddik Begaum _ Sabhadhipati Zila Parishad Mursidabad; 8. All heads of Frontal Organisation; 9. All Congress MPs from the state.

Election Committee: 1. Shri Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, 2. Shri A.B.A. Gani Khan Choudhury, 3. Shri P.R. Dasmunsi, 4. Shri Soumen Mitra, 5. Shri Pradip Bhattacharya, 6. Shri Atish Sinha, CLP Leader, 7. Shri Adhir Ranjan Choudhury, M.P., 8. Shri P.N. Roy, MLA, 9. Shri Subroto Mukherjee, 10. Smt. Savitri Mitram, MLA, 11. Shri Sudip Bandopadhyay

Invitees: All 5 Frontal Chiefs (INTUC included)

Goa

The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has on 10 October approved the names of office-bearers, members of the Executive and Election Committee of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee as follows:

President: Shri Ravi S. Naik.

Vice-President: Shri M.K. Shaikh, Shri Domnic Fernandes, Shri Luis Alex Cardox, Shri Moti Dessai, Adv. Udai Bhembre, and Shri Shambhu Bhau Bandekar.

Treasurer: Smt. Rupa Bhakta.

General Secretaries: Shri Artur Sequeira, Shri Altinho Gomes, Dr. Ulhas Parab, Shri Vijay Sardessai, Smt. Maria D'Costa and Shri Vishnu Wagh.

Secretaries: Smt. Ezilda Sapeco, Shri Nitin Chopdekar, Smt. Purna Naik, Shri Kanta Gawde, Shri Tribolo D'Souza and Shri Sankalp Amonkar.

Executive Committee: Shri Manuel Colaco, Shri Rajendra Dessai, Shri Rajnikant Lawnis, Shri Madhukar Dhargalkar, Shri Venkatesh Dessai, Smt. Antonette D'Sa, Shri Ramakant Khalap, Shri Joseph Vaz, Shri Francis Fernandes, Smt. Vanita Goankar, Smt. Saraswati Wakar, Shri Atansio Monteiro, Shri Permanath Maulingkar, Shri Savio D'Souza, Smt. Lumena Rodrigues, Shri Madhukar P. Naik, Shri Somnath Zuarkar, Shri Eduardo Faleiro, Shri Amit Shiodkar, Shri Arjun Donu Velip, Shri Damodar C. Naik, Shri Mario Pinto, Shri Raghuvie G. Dessai, Shri Vasant Molyo, Shri Salim Kazi, Shri Vujay Pai and Shri Clement D'Souza.

Election Committee: Shri Ravi Naik, Shri Pratapsingh Rane, Shri Shantaram Naik, Shri Churchill Alemao, Shri Luizinho Falerio, Shri Altinho Gomes and Smt. Madeline Periera

Invitees: Shri Girish Chondankar, Smt. Monica Dias and Shri Shantaram Kadam. v

Union Cabinet Reshuffled

NEW DELHI: In a reshuffle in the Union Council of Ministers on 18 November, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy will be the new Minister of Urban Development, while retaining the portfolio of Culture.

Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi will be the new Information and Broadcasting Minister in addition to being the Parliamentary Affairs Minister. Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Minister, Shri Santosh Mohan Deb has been given the additional charge of Water Resources, till now held by Shri Dasmunshi.

Shri Oscar Fernandes, who is holding independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation, gets the additional portfolios of Sports and Youth Affairs and Overseas Indians. Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh will retain External Affairs and Coal portfolios