Congress names state heads of Panchayati Raj Sangathan

New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) The Congress Party today announced the names of Chairpersons of the state units of the newly-constituted Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan under the All India Congress Committee (AICC).

AICC Sources today said Union Panchayati Raj Minister and Convener of the Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan Mani Shankar Aiyar would hold a meeting of all the Chairpersons at the AICC headquarters here on August 1.

Following is the list of Chairpersons with their states in brackets: Mr K Seshgiri Rao (Andhra Pradesh), Mr L K Saikia (Assam), Mr Anom Taloh (Arunachal Pradesh), Mr Narendra Kumar (Bihar), Mr Shakarjeet Nayak (Chhattisgarh), Mr O P Bidhuri (Delhi), Mr John Fernandes (Goa), Dr Kishore Tawaid (Gujarat), Mr Dharam Vir Singh (Haryana), Mr Ranjeet Singh Verma (Himachal Pradesh), Mr Ashok Sharma (Jammu and Kashmir), Mr S Chaudhury (Jharkhand), Mr S Prakash Patil (Karnataka), Mr J Kattookaran (Kerala), Mr Jaspal Arora (Madhya Pradesh), Mr V N Patil (Maharashtra), Mr H M Mangangeha (Manipur), Mr D Nongum (Meghalaya), Dr Neiba Noang (Nagaland), Mr Sharat Raut (Orissa), Mr C Zaviour (Puducherry), Mr J S Burj (Punjab), Mr Ramvilash Chaudhry (Rajasthan), Major T Gyasto (Sikkim), Mr M Ravibarathi (Tamil Nadu), Mr N G Choudhry (Tripura), Mr B P Choudhry (Uttar Pradesh), Mr S S Negi (Uttaranchal), Mr Surendra Singh Negi (Uttarakhand), Mr Bachan Mohan Laha (West bengal), Mr R R Singh (Mumbai), Ms Jaya Prabha (Andaman and Nicobar), Mr Manmohan Singh (Chandigarh), Mr Ramjibhai P Mehala (Dadar and Nagar Haveli) and Mr U C K Thangal (Lakshadweep).

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