From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Sep 7: The first meeting of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Coordination Committee comprising 28 members will be held at the party office in Bengaluru on Thursday. 

AICC General Secretary and State party in-charge, Digvijaya Singh, will chair the committee meeting. 

The committee would discuss the current political developments as well as appointments of chairpersons to government-owned boards and corporations.

The coordination committee comprises of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president Dr G Parameshwara. 

It has three former Chief Ministers - M. Veerappa Moily, S.M. Krishna, and N. Dharam Singh - apart from Oscar Fernandes and M. Mallikarjun Kharge.

All India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi constituted the new coordination committee in July last to work out strategies to enable the Congress to retain power in the State in the Legislative Assembly elections due in May 2018.