SHIMLA: With parliamentary elections round the corner, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday announced its new team that has a mix of experienced and young faces. Kuldeep Rathore was recently appointed as the HPCC president and organizational changes were expected. In the new team, the party committee has 15 vice-presidents, 18 general secretaries and 68 secretaries.In the 11-member state executive committee, the party has included former state president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Among the list of 14-member permanent invitees are names of all the senior party leaders of state, including former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and former Union minister Anand Sharma.AICC president Rahul Gandhi has approved the new executive committee of HPCC on the recommendations of Rathore. Congress MLA from Palampur , Ashish Butail has been appointed as the party treasurer of party. The heads of state frontal organisation of party would be among the special invitees.Those appointed vice-presidents include Anita Verma, Gangu Ram Mussafir, Ram Lal Thakur, Chander Kumar, Harsh Mahajan, Harbhajan Singh Bhajji, Geeta Negi, Mahinder Chauhan, Dr Beeru Ram, Kanwar Ajay Bahadur Singh, Virender Dharmani, Pawan Kajal, Lakhvinder Rana, Kehar Singh Khachi and Prakash Chaudhary.Among the general secretaries are Rajneesh Kimta, Harshvardhan Chauhan, Ajay Mahajan, Ravi Thakur, Vinod Sultanpuri, Sunder Thakur, Ram Kumar, Sunil Sharma, Dr Kailash Prashar, Naresh Chauhan, Sanjay Awasthi, Dharamvir Dhami, Raghuveer Singh Bali, Vikram Aditya Singh, Kewal Singh Pathania, Manmohan Katoch, Vinay Kumar and Maheshwar Chauhan.Those appointed as secretaries are Hari Krishan Himral, Aninder Singh Nauty, Manjeet Thakur, Madan Chaudary, Pradeep Verma, Virender Sood, Krishan Pal Sharma, Inder Singh Thakur, Ajay Verma, Amit Nanda, Kamlender Kashyap, Chander Prabha Negi, Rakesh Chauhan, Manoj Kumar Pathania, Haminder Thakur, Deepak Rathore, Asha Kanwar, Mahesh Sharma, Ritesh Kaprate, Vivek Sharma, Atul Karhota, Tilak Raj Sharma, Nageshwar Mankotia, Chetan Chambial, Baldev Negi, Hira Singh Pal, Sanjeev Guleria, Baldev Thakur, Ram Singh Mian, Narender Thakur, Naseer Mohd. Rawat, Raj Kumari Soni, Vikram Sharma, Kusum Lata Verma, Chander Shekhar, Chander Shekhar Verma, Kuldeep Chaudhary, Vikas Thakur, Vivek Kumar, Rakesh Chaudhary, Sudhir Azad, Arun Mehta, Sajid Ali, Sanjay Bhandari, Amit Bharmouri, Arun Sharma, Arun Thakur, Sharmila Patiyal, Sanjeev Kumar, Ved Prakash Thakur, Surender Singh Mankotia, Chander Mohan Thakur, Virender Thakur, Kamal Pathania, Hari Chand Sharma, Raj Kumar Aggarwal, Manbhari Devi, Anjana Dhiman, Balvinder Singh Babloo, Rajesh Sharma, Satish Bittoo, Dharmender, Rajider Verma, Inder Jeet Singh, Sohan Lal, Jitender Chaudhary, Satish Sharma and Satyajeet Negi.The executive committee includes Sukhu, Sudhir Sharma, Rajesh Dharmani, Rohit Thakur, Satpal Raizada, Naseema Begam, Namrita Chaudhary, Sonia Chauhan, Sharmila Patiyal, Shyam Singh Mehta and Namita Roshan Lal.Among permanent invitees are leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri, Virbhadra, Anand Sharma, former minister Vidya Stokes, Dalhousie MLA Asha Kumari, Viplove Thakur, Kaul Singh Thakur, Dhani Ram Shandil, Kuldeep Kumar, former minister G S Bali, Pratibha Singh, Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Rakesh Kalia and Sohan Lal Thakur.

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