CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has constituted a 122member of State Communal Harmony cum National Integration Council under the chairmanship of the Governor.

The Council will have 12 official members, besides the Governor and 99 nonofficial members, including 14 MPs and several former MPs and MLAs, besides newspaper Editors.

The official members are Advisers to Governor (all three), Chief Secretary, three Financial Commissioners Revenue, Development and Home; three administrative secretaries Education, National Integration Council and Secretary to Governor; besides the Director General of Police and Director, Information and Public Relations.

The nonofficial members are Mr LK. Gujral, Mrs Bimal Khalsa, Mr Atinder Pal Singh, Mr Sucha Singh, Mr Dhyan Singh Mand, Mr Rajdev Singh, Ms Rajinder Kaur Bulara, Mr Kirpal Singh, Mr Kamal Chaudhary, Mr Harbhajan Lakha, Mrs Sukhbans Kaur Bhindar (all members of Lok Sabha), Lieut-Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora, Mr HS. Hanspal, Mr Bhupinder Singh Mann (all members of the Rajya Sabha), and Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal and Mr Harkishen Singh Surjeet (former MPs).

Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Mr Beant Singh, Mr Sewa Ram Arora, Mr Teja Singh Tiwana, Mr Aad Lal, Dr Baldey Parkash, Dr Madan Mohan Mittal Mr Piara Singh Deosi, Mr Joginder Singh Bhasin, Mr Mangat Ram Pasla and Mr Harkamal Singh represent the major political parties.

Besides, the Government has decided to take two nominees each from the Badal, Mann and Longowal factions of the Akali Dal.

Other political leaders taken on the Council are Dr Mohan Singh, Mr Jaspal Singh Gaddu (BSP),

Mahant Sewa Dass Singh, Capt,Vikram Singh and one more representative of the Janata Dal (S). Mr Swaran Singh, a former Union Minister, Pt. Mohan Lal, Dr R.P. Bambab, Dr H.K. Manmohan Singh, Dr G.S. Randhawa and Dr Khem Singh Gill have also been nominated. The Education Department has been asked to nominate four Principals also. Among the writers, Mr Sant Singh Sekhon, Mr Kartar Singh Duggal, Ms Kamla Khanna, Dr Gurnam Singh Tir and Mr Khushwant Singh also figure in the list. Those who attended the meeting included Sukhbans Kaur Bhinderand HS Hanspal both Cong (I) MPs, Raj Dev Singh, Akali Dal MP, Onkar Singh Thapar, Akali Dal (L), Avtar Singh, Malhotra, CPI, Mangal Ram CPI (M), Teja Singh Tiwana, Janata Dal and Capt. Vikram Singh, Janata Dal (S).

Article extracted from this publication >> December 14, 1990