New Delhi, October 17, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed 208 observers to oversee the party’s ‘Vote Bachao–Desh Bachao’ campaign across clusters of districts.
The appointments were approved by the Congress president with immediate effect, according to an official communication issued on October 16, 2026, by AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal.
The observers will be deputed to clusters of districts to supervise the campaign. However, the notification does not specify the districts or clusters assigned to individual observers.
The list includes several senior Congress leaders, former Union ministers, parliamentarians and party functionaries.
Among the prominent names are Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, Avinash Pande, Balasaheb Thorat, N. Raghuveera Reddy, Rajiv Shukla, C.P. Joshi, Prithviraj Chavan, Nana Patole and Gurjeet Singh Aujla.
Punjab Congress leaders Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Rana Gurjeet Singh and Himmat Singh also figure in the list.
Complete List of 208 AICC Observers
The following names appear in the order published in the official AICC notification.
- Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
- Avinash Pande
- Balasaheb Thorat
- Dr. N. Raghuveera Reddy
- Jagdish Thakor
- Kamleshwar Patel
- Nabam Tuki
- K. Suresh
- Rajiv Shukla
- Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh
- Phulo Devi Netam
- Chandrakant Handore
- Gurdeep Singh Sappal
- Pallam Raju
- G. Rudra Raju
- Yashomati Thakur
- Mohd Arif Naseem Khan
- Sudeep Roy Burman
- Dr. Amee Yajnik
- Dr. C.P. Joshi
- Prithviraj Chavan
- H.K. Patil
- R.C. Kuntia
- Raghu Sharma
- Vivek Bansal
- Krishna Tirath
- Ajay Kumar Lallu
- Nana Patole
- Ajoy Kumar
- Kuldeep Rathore
- Anil Chaudhary
- Mohan Markam
- Rajesh Thakur
- Arun Yadav
- Subhash Chopra
- Ashok Tanwar
- Uday Bhan
- Ripun Bora
- Bharatsinh Solanki
- Paresh Dhanani
- Sarat Raut
- Rajesh Tiwari
- Vikas Upadhyay
- C.P. Mittal
- Rohit Chaudhary
- Pradeep Narwal
- Nilanshu Chaturvedi
- Satyanarayan Patel
- Biswaranjan Mohanty
- Kuljit Singh Nagra
- Dheeraj Gurjar
- Tauquir Alam
- C.D. Meyyappan
- Sanjay Kapoor
- Sudhanshu Tripathi
- B.P. Singh
- Amrita Dhawan
- Gurjeet Singh Aujla
- Ashok Singh
- Kuldeep Indora
- Saleng Sangma
- Shyamkumar Barwe
- Murari Lal Meena
- Shobha Bachav
- Mallu Ravi
- Harish Chandra Meena
- Umeda Ram Beniwal
- Sanjana Jatav
- Dr. M.K. Vishnu Prasad
- Kalyan Kale
- Shreyas M. Patel
- Rekibuddin Ahmed
- Balram Naik
- Keshav Chand Yadav
- Nadeem Javed
- Firoze Khan
- Shobha Oza
- Charan Singh Sapra
- Ragini Naik
- Sunil Kedar
- Pradeep Jain Aditya
- Amarjeet Bhagat
- Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya
- Jai Singh Agrawal
- Prem Sai Thekam
- Bimal Shah
- Rao Dan Singh
- Banna Gupta
- Parmeshwar Naik
- Vijay Lakshmi Sadho
- Bala Bachchan
- P.C. Sharma
- Sachin Yadav
- Sajjan Singh Verma
- Sukhdev Panse
- Lakshmi Hebalkar
- J.D. Seelam
- Raghvendra Kumar Singh
- Amrut Thakor
- Aftab Ahmed
- Maman Khan
- Geeta Bhukkal
- Kewal Singh Pathania
- Malendra Rajan
- Kumar Jaymangal (Anup
- Rajesh Kacchap
- N.A. Haris
- Sharat Bachegowda
- Sirinivas Mane
- Dinesh Gurjar
- Ameet Subhashrao Zanak
- Amin Patel
- Vikas Thakre
- Rana Gurjeet
- Dr. Shikha Meel
- Amin Kagzi
- Manish Yadav
- Mukesh Bhakar
- Rafeek Khan
- R.S. Bali
- Laxmikanth Rao Thota
- Anant Patel
- Ivan D’Souza
- Vijay Singh
- Bhai Jagtap
- Balmoori Venkat
- Abdul Khaleque
- Dr. K. Jayakumar
- Jaiprakash Hegde
- Himmat Singh Patel
- Amit Sihag
- J.R. Lobo
- Debasis Patnaik
- Nabajyoti Patnaik
- Manisha Pawar
- JMH Aassan Moulana
- Lalit Farswan
- Amit Kumar Tunna
- Sanjay Chokar
- Mohan Joshi
- Rajesh Rathore
- KBR Naidu
- Kamal Kant Sharma
- Rajesh Lilothia
- Neetu Verma
- Lakhan Singla
- Jaishankar Pathak
- BasanaGouda Badarli
- Saumya Reddy
- Deepthi Mary Vergese
- Mahinder Joshi
- Charulata Tokas
- Tilotma Loitongbam
- Pawan Godara
- Mohan Kumar Mangalam
- Shakir Sanadi
- Azmatullah Hussaini
- Bellaiah Naik
- Harkala Venugopal Rao
- Obedullah Kothwal
- Roselina Tirkey
- Yogesh Dikshit
- Shamima Shafiq
- Manmohan Katoch
- Pushpa Amarnath
- Vegi Venkatesh
- Sangeeta Beniwal
- Gunjan Patel
- Harish Pawar Bhaiya
- Amarpreet Singh Lally
- Kesher Kumar
- Rambhupal Reddy
- Murugan Muniratnam
- Sanjeeta Sihag
- R.C. Chaudhary
- Sitaram Lamba
- Ravindra Das
- Yogesh Shawney
- Ishita Sedha
- Anil Bhardwaj
- Ali Mehandi
- Adv. S. Sharat
- Kiran Mugabasu
- R.R. Naidu
- Tuhina Chandrashekar
- Sharad Ahire
- Rahul Bal
- Kunal Banerjee
- Maqsood Khan
- Chakravarthy Sharma
- Ajay Sharma
- Priya Krishna
- Naresh Thakur
- Anant Dhaiya
- Himmat Singh
- Deepak Rathore
- Dinesh Kodaniya
- Santosh Kolkunda
- Janga Gautham
- Saral Patel
- Harpal Thakur
- Puran Chand Padhi Coco
- Rohtas Basoya
- V. Shankar
- Abid Kashmiri
- Dasmodar Gurjar
- Rajesh Garg
- Rahul Rao
The appointments have taken immediate effect. The party has not specified the district-wise responsibilities of the individual observers in the notification.
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