Cong forms ‘Drafting Committee ‘, subgroups for its Plenary Session

New Delhi, Feb 11 (Bureau) The Congress on Saturday constituted a ‘Drafting Committee ‘ and several ‘subgroups’ on various issues for its forthcoming 85th plenary session, scheduled to be held in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur from February 24 to 26. According to a communique issued by Congress General Secretary in-charge of Organisation, KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh has been appointed as the chairman and Pawan Khera as the convenor of the Drafting Committee.

P Chidambaram, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Salman Khurshid and Sashi Tharoor are among the 21 members in the penal, as per the statement. Among the subgroups constituted on several issues include political affairs, economic affairs, international affairs, and farmers agriculture. M Veerappa Moily has been appointed as the chairman and Ashok Chavan as convenor of the political affairs. Chidambaram will head the economic affairs, while Khurshid international affairs, the statement said.