6th January, 2003
Ministry of Tourism & Culture  


VICE PRESIDENT TO CHAIR FIRST MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR CELEBRATION OF BIRTH CENTENARY OF CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH

Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat will chair first meeting of the National Committee for celebration of Birth Centenary of Chaudhary Charan Singh here tomorrow. The committee will discuss projects and programmes to be undertaken to cherish the memory of late Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister and champions of the farmers in a befitting manner.

The 40 members committee constituted by the Minister of Tourism and Culture includes:

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    1. H.D. Deve Gowda, ex- Prime Minister

    2. P.M. Sayeed, Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

    3. K.C. Pant, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

    4. Lalu Prasad Yadav, MP

    5. Ram Vilas Paswan, MP

    6. Nanaji Deshmukh, MP

    7. S.R. Bommai

    8. George Fernanades, Minister for Defence

    9. Yashwant Sinha, Minister for External Affairs

    10. Nitish Kumar, Minister for Railways

    11. Ananth Kumar, Minister for Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation

    12. Ajit Singh, Minister for Agriculture

    13. Sharad Yadav, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

    14. Surjeet Singh Barnala, Governor, Uttaranchal

    15. M. Venkaiah Naidu

    16. N.D. Tiwari, Chief Minister, Uttaranchal

    17. Hukum Deo Narain Yadav, Minister of State for Agriculture

    18. Dr. Farooq Abdullah, ex-Chief Minister, J&K

    19. Ram Prakash Gupta, ex-Chief Minister, UP

    20. Ram Naresh Yadav, ex-Chief Minister, UP

    21. Rabi Ray, ex-member of Parliament & former speaker

    22. Harkishan Singh Surjeet, General Secretary, CPM

    23. Manmohan Singh, MP

    24. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, MP

    25. Yashvir Singh

    26. C. Ponnaian, Finance Minister, Tamil Nadu

    27. Ghulam Sarwar, Minister of Agriculture, Bihar

    28. Rajiv Shukla, MP

    29. V.S. Rao, Agriculture Minister, Andhra Pradesh

    30. Y, Shivaji, ex MP

    31. Nathi Singh

    32. Narsimhappa

    33. Prem Singh Chandu Mazra

    34. Karan Singh

    35. Prem Shankar Jha

    36. Ved Pratap Vedik, ex-editor, BHASA

    37. Bharat Jhunjhunwala

Shri Jagmohan, Minister of Tourism and Culture, is the Vice-Chairman of the committee. While, Secretary, Department of Culture is its Member Secretary.
 
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