Gandhinagar: The Congress party on Thursday announced the formation of various committees to plan and oversee the party’s agenda for the local body elections in Gujarat. The schedule of elections for municipal corporations, municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats is expected to be announced soon.A party statement said Bharatsinh Solanki will be the chairman of the strategy committee, with Lalji Desai as vice chairman and Hemang Vasavada as convener. The campaign committee will be headed by Shaktisinh Gohil, while other members are Paresh Dhanani and Geni Thakor.The election management committee will be headed by Siddharth Patel, with Jignesh Mevani and Bimal Shah as members. The programme implementation committee will be chaired by Jagdish Thakor, with Indravijaysinh Gohil and Himmatsingh Patel as members.The statement said Shailesh Parmar will head the manifesto committee, with Rutvik Makwana and Manish Doshi as members. The party also announced chairpersons for the media and publicity committees.
