Randeep Surjewala to head Congress' Bihar poll panel

NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday announced several panels to oversee the Bihar assembly polls, naming general secretary Randeep Surjewala as chairman and Mohan Prakash the convenor of a 14-member election management and coordination committee. The panel, approved by party chief Sonia Gandhi, includes Meira Kumar, Tariq Anwar, Shatrughan Sinha, Kirti Azad, Shakeel Ahmed and Sanjay Nirupam, among others.
While Subodh Kumar has been appointed convenor of the publicity committee, Jaeya Mishra was named co-convenor of the panel. Party spokesperson Pawan Khera was named chairman of the media coordination committee.