Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress has constituted its Manifesto Committee and appointed former Union minister P Chidambaram as its chairman. Former Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister T S Singh Deo has been made the convenor of the important panel.

The development comes a day after a crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting where the party discussed its Lok Sabha poll strategy and said it will announce the names of its candidates soon.

The panel will comprise 16 members, including party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as well as Shashi Tharoor. It will also comprise Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, former Union ministers Anand Sharma, Jairam Ramesh, senior Congress leader and former Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam and the party’s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi are also in the committee.

Along with them, All India Professionals Congress chief Praveen Chakravarty is alsopart of the panel.

The other members of the key panel, which will finalise the party’s agenda for the election, are Imran Pratapgarhi, K Raju, Omkar Singh Markam, Ranjeet Ranjan, Jignesh Mevani and Gurdeep Sappal.