Congress forms six poll committees for Delhi

Ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, the Congress has formed six election-related committees with DPCC chief Subhash Chopra heading the 56-member Election Committee, the party announced on Tuesday.

The other committees are the 165-member Campaign Committee, 69-member Manifesto Committee, 164-member Publicity Committee, 65-member Election Management Committee and 104-member Media Coordination Committee.

While Kirti Azad, a former BJP leader who joined the Congress months before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, will head the Campaign Committee, former DPCC chief Ajay Maken will head the Manifesto Committee.

Former Chandni Chowk MP Jai Prakash Agarwal is heading the Publicity Committee, Arvinder Singh Lovely Election Management Committee and Mukesh Sharma the Media Coordination Committee.

Several senior leaders of the party such as Kapil Sibal, Janardan Dwivedi and Karan Singh have been appointed as members in both the election and campaign committees.

Elections are set to take place for the 70-member Delhi Assembly in January or early February. Delhi is a triangular contest among the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP.