Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (SP)
Bangalore, Apr 15: All India Congress Committee released a fresh list of office bearers of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Thursday April 14. While KPCC president, Dr G Parameshwar, claimed that the new team office bearers will rejuvenate the party and work as catalyst for the ouster of the BJP regime in the state, discordant notes are also heard from various quarters.
The committee has been reconstituted afresh after a gap of 12 years. Most of the members are either former ministers or legislators. The list is as follows:
Election Committee: Dr G Parameshwar, Veeranna Mattikatti, Kagodu Timmappa, Sagir Ahmed, D K Shivakumar, Anjanamurty, K B Koliwad, K J George, and Suma Vasant.
Coordination Committee: Madhusudan Devaram Mistri, Dr G Parameshwar, Sanjay Nirupam, Siddaramaiah, Motamma, K Abhay Chandra, H K Patil, K R Ramesh Kumar, B A Moidin, C M Lingappa, Prakash B Hukkeri, M B Patil, and Vasanti Shivanna.
Treasurer: Shamanoor Shivashankarappa.
Executive Committee: Dr G Parameshwar, Shamanoor Shivashankarappa, Kagodu Timmappa, D K Shivakumar, H K Patil, K R Ramesh Kumar, N Y Hanumantappa, A Krishnappa, Nazeer Ahmed, Rani Satish, Dr A B Malakareddy, Prof B K Chandrashekhar, Kariyanna, B L Shankar, V Muniyappa, R B Timmapur, Mumtaz Begum, Kamalamma, H M Revanna, Mallajamma, Umashree, Jalaja Naik, Dr H C Mahadevappa, N S Bosaraju, Basavaraj Rayareddy, Suma Vasant, Bhagirathi Marulasiddanagouda, Satish Jarkiholi, Ramalinga Reddy, N S Nadagouda, Anjanamurty, K J George, Vasanti Shivanna, S Vijayalakshmi, Roshan Baig, T B Jayachandra, M B Patil, Sagir Ahmed, K Govindaraj and K P Nanjundi.
Special Invitees: Executive Committee: Prakash B Hukkeri, H Hanumantappa, Dr Premachandra Sagar, V S Ugrappa, K B Koliwad, K C Kondaiah, S R Patil, Bimba Raikar, Tejaswini Gowda, Shivanand Patil, C M Ibrahim, B A Moidin, Manjunath C Kunnur, K Shivamurty Naik, Salim Ahmed, S R More, Iqbal Ansari, Santosh Lad, D R Patil, M M Nanaiah, C G Chinnaswamy, Padmini Ponnappa, H R Raju Alagoor, Maruti Rao Male, M C Venugopal, and Anand.
Secretaries: P R Ramesh, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, Mallige Veeresh, Chandrika Parameshwar, Venkat Rao Ghorpade, Nivedita Alva, Prasad Abbaiah, Rajashekhar Menasinakai, Venkatesh Gowda, J Huchchappa, H N Hiriyanna Swamy, Nafisa Fatima, B N Chandrappa, B Narayan Rao, Pradip Kushanoor, Anwar Mudhol, M A Gaffar, G A Bawa, Kadur C Nanjappa, U T Khader, B Basavaraj, H P Mohan, J C Chandrashekhar, Rukmini Sawkar, A C Srinivas, K Padmavati, S A Hussain, Satish Mallanna, Ivan D’Souza, Suresh Sharma, A S Jayasimha, S Queen Elizabeth, H G Halappa, Noorjan Shariff, C H Chinnaswamy, and Shafi Ulla.
Ex officio members: Oscar Fernandes, M V Rajashekharan, B K Hariprasad, K B Krishnamurty, Vinay Kumar Sorake, S M Krishna, M Veerappa Moily, Mallikarjun Kharge, K H Muniyappa, K Rahman Khan, Dharam Singh, K H Ranganath, B Janardan Poojary, V S Kaujalagi, Allam Veerabhadrappa, R V Deshpande, C K Jaffer Shariff, V Srinivas Prasad, Siddu B Nyamagouda, Ambareesh, D K Taradevi Siddartha, Krishna Byre Gowda, Manjula Naidu, V Bheemank, Mathew Ravanikar, H Vishwanath, Dhruvanarayan, Anil Lad, Siddaramaih, and Motamma.
Reportedly, the list of those who are aggrieved by this jumbo list is very long. It is learnt that leader of the opposition in the assembly, Siddaramaiah, is peeved over being booted out of the Election Committee, which has a crucial role, and his supporters having been sideliened while drafting the new list. When contacted, he said he does not want to discuss this issue on the streets. Protesting against not being named, MLC from Kodagu and former minister, T John, resigned from his KPCC membership. “I worked day and night for the party, but this has not been recognized. Minorities in Kodagu have been neglected. This has hurt me. Hence I am resigning from my KPCC membership,” he said in a letter addressed to KPCC president, Dr G Parameshwar.