Bengaluru: AICC President Sonia Gandhi has set up a Political Affairs Committee (PAC) for the Karnataka Assembly polls scheduled next year.
AICC General Secretary in charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala has been appointed as its convenor comprising 22 members.
Other members of the panel include Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar, former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and M Veerappa Moily, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, senior party leaders BK Hariprasad, Dinesh Gundurao, Margret Alva, DK Suresh, and party’s task force member Sunil Kanugolu.
Sonia also appointed five AICC Secretaries — D Sridhar Babu, PC Vishnunadh and Roji M John (All MLAs), Mayura S Jayakumar, and Abhishek Dutt, who will be attached with Surjewala, with immediate effect.