New Delhi, Oct 7: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit figures in the list of newly-constituted Co-ordination committee of Congress for West Bengal.
The 15-member committee set up for greater coordination between the legislative wing and the organisation is headed by AICC in-charge for West Bengal Shakeel Ahmed and has among other members West Bengal PCC President Manas Bhuniya, CLP leader Md. Sohrab, ex-CLP leader Abu Hena, state Youth Congress chief and party MP Mausam Benazir Noor.
The party has also constiuted its monitoring committee headed by MLA Ajo Dey to oversee flagship programmes of the Centre in West Bengal. Party MP Deepa Das Munshi figures among the 15 other members of this committee.
The proposals to constitute the committees were mooted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi during the party's plenary in Burari December last year. PTI