A six-member coordination committee of the Samajawadi Party and the ruling Congress led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi has eventually been finalised.
SP leader and spokesman Amar Singh told newsmen after meeting the Prime Minister here today that, "'While Dr Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee and A.K. Antony will represent the Congress, Mr Mulayam Singh and myself will be from the Samajwadi Party in the 'committee'.''
The committee is being formed for better coordination and enable the two parties within the ruling UPA alliance to work in greater harmony, Amar Singh emphasised.
He said this 'committee' would soon hold its meeting, he said adding that all six members would be present during the 'coordination committee' meeting.
The SP leader also said an early meeting with AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi to discuss matters related to seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh was also in the offing.
Source: The Tribune 23/Aug/2008
