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Pranab, Purno to campaign in N-E

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From Our Special Correspondent

 New Delhi: Both Pranab Mukherjee and Purno Sangma will campaign in the North East for the coming Presidential polls on July 19.

Mukherjee is likely to visit Guwahati on July 5 where Congress leaders from all over the region will assemble, party sources said. Purno will be campaigning in the region soon.

The Congress which is leading the UPA Government has formed a 12-member Coordination Committee to finalise the campaign programme and strategy of the Presidential candidate. The Committee, which met on Tuesday, is expected to fine tune Mukherjee’s campaign.

Besides Mukherjee, the Committee has as its members, senior Congress leaders like AK Antony, P Chidambaram, Ambika Soni, Rajiv Shukla, Pawan Kumar Bansal and Paban Singh Ghatowar. Other members include Ahmed Patel, Political Secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Janardan Dwivedi, Oscar Fernandes, Girija Vyas and PJ Kurien.

 

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