International Affairs Resolution adopted at the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress on February 25-26, 2023 at Raipur, Chattisgarh

Preamble

• The Indian National Congress (INC) is deeply seized of contemporary global concerns affecting the world, which is still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, disruptions in supply chains for food, fuel and other economic activities due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, a bleak economic outlook and heightened geopolitical tensions. We believe that India is well placed to tackle these concerns effectively because our foreign policy has been shaped by the spirit of the freedom struggle and the methodical work done over the past 70 years by successive Indian governments. Transcending instrumentalities, our foreign policy reflects a distinctive blend of idealism and realism. Values like Democracy, Liberty, Equality, Equity, Fraternity, Justice, Freedoms of Speech and Expression, Scientific Temper, Respect for Human Dignity, Inclusion and Sustainability are not just abstract notions for us. They are inalienable to our way of life, and have underscored our domestic and foreign policies since 1947. It is because we have steadfastly adhered to these values that India has been able to foster principled relationships (and not just transactional alliances) with almost all nations across the world. On the basis of Maitreya (camaraderie), Karuna (compassion), Satya (truth) and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the world is one), India successfully weaved multiple national visions into a global symphony, bound together in the quest for prosperity, peace and fullness of life for all peoples.

• Just to cite a few examples, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s leadership marshalled newly independent nations through the Non-Aligned Movement, thus enabling India to substantively influence global affairs beyond existing capacities. Similarly, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi actively supported liberation movements leading to the birth of Bangladesh, led the struggle against apartheid and racial discrimination and skillfully steered India through the turbulence of the Cold War. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi actively championed disarmament to build a peaceful world order and laid the groundwork to deepen India’s economic-integration with the world. Prime Minister Narasimha Rao worked closely with Dr. Manmohan Singh to integrate India with the world and shepherded long lasting settlements on thorny structural issues. Finally, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA government enhanced India’s stature and power through the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, humanitarian assistance after the tsunami, stepping up engagement with the diaspora, methodically marginalising nations promoting terrorism, strengthening relations with countries of economic importance to India and making India an economic powerhouse that successfully withstood the 2008 financial crisis. That is why India is widely seen as a responsible partner that can meaningfully contribute to world governance, international finance, disaster management, nation building, trade and security.

• The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government was thus bequeathed a strong platform to effectively tackle the multiple crises the world faces today, and provide leadership to the world. Unfortunately, the BJP has squandered the multiple advantages it had by neither preserving nor pursuing the spirit of India’s foreign policy. This is because it is not sufficiently seized or equipped to handle the historic shift that the world order is witnessing. Instead, due its myopic and hawkish policies that are driven by its ideological proclivities, the BJP government has undermined India’s unique strengths. Today India’s territorial sovereignty has been compromised, and our image as a mature democracy has been tarnished (with downgrades by reputed international agencies on democratic values, human development, press freedom and hunger index). Equally worryingly, in the last eight years India’s relationship with our neighbours including China, Nepal and Bangladesh have frayed, while China has steadily widened the economic and geopolitical gap with India and fostered stronger ties with Russia, Iran, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The free trade agreements with the European Union, United Kingdom, Gulf Cooperation Council, (Asian) Regional Economic Partnership etc. have not seen any significant movement. Instead of redressing these multi-fold challenges head on, the BJP government continues to personalise diplomacy, dismantle democratic institutions, attack freedoms, and foster religious bigotry while circumscribing India’s strategic autonomy and financial health.

Pledges

• Since independence, the Congress Party has consistently ensured that India becomes a strong, prosperous, reliable and democratic global player. Consequently, India has grown from serving as a critical bridge between the developed and developing world, to a powerful global leader in the fellowship of nations. Today, as the world is being reordered because of the clash between two competing and contradictory visions on the world order that strive for global dominance through traditional command-and-control structures, India can lead the world through an inspiring, alternative path that is premised on international development through improved communication, cooperation, collaboration, co-creation and networking. India can, and must once again show the world that we can collectively forge peaceful, principled and mutually beneficial relationships. The Congress Party strongly believes that India can play this extremely important role in global affairs, with significant contributions to multilateral policy-making in areas ranging from cyber space to outer space and by providing a clairvoyant voice to champion the aspirations of the global South. To do justice to India’s potential, we will have to experiment with bold and innovative ideas that challenge established policy dogmas. We also need to collaboratively synergise the national interest with global values and interests. This alternative vision must be the basis of evolving a national consensus in keeping with our long-standing tradition of a non-partisan foreign policy. Therefore the Congress Party commits to:

Forging a Futuristic & Coherent Foreign Policy Doctrine

1. If India is to remain a significant power pole in today’s multi-polar world, our foreign policy needs to be principled, have coherence and a futuristic vision. Additionally, it must be conducted with gravitas, and not in a personalised manner. The Congress Party therefore commits to restoring the principle of collective decision-making, so that foreign policy is conducted effectively, on the basis of experienced advice and exclusively in the national interest.

2. The failure of the BJP government to evolve and publish a national security strategy doctrine is deeply disappointing, given that all major countries, including China and Pakistan, have done so. The Congress Party was the first political party to come out with a National Security Strategy for India in 2019. This will be suitably updated to reflect current geopolitical realities, and shall restore the institutional basis of decision-making on security issues. This doctrine will respect the littoral space of nations, the freedom of navigation in all oceans lanes, including the South China Sea and deeper engagement with our neighbourhood to ensure that India’s strategic concerns are addressed and India’s growth story helps the people of South Asia.

3. Given our steadfast commitment to democratic principles and an open society, the Congress Party will also restore and safeguard the functioning of international organisations, think tanks and charity institutions within India. However, as the Congress has ensured before, these must function within India’s constitutional framework.

4. Climate change is of deep concern, especially given the spate of natural disasters in our immediate neighbourhood. Given India heads the G-20 and is to host the SCO, we have a unique opportunity to meaningfully articulate our concerns thus providing leadership for South Asia specifically, and the global South in general. Whilst India’s first priority must remain its own citizens, we cannot abdicate our inherent responsibilities to make the world a safer place for our children. The principle of ‘polluter pays’ must of course remain at the forefront of climate change negotiations and developed countries cannot undermine the Copenhagen decisions of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. The developed countries (Annex-I states) should deliver on their commitments on mitigation, financing and adaptation. However, combating climate change effectively requires visionary leadership, technology, talent, innovation and enormous investment in new energy sources. The Congress Party commits to effectively leveraging India’s networks at all multilateral institutions to collectively forge and deliver more ambitious global targets to redress the climate crisis. This includes ensuring that international assistance is forthcoming to the global South to implement the SDG targets for 2030. To actualise all this, the Congress commits to hosting a South Asia Climate Summit.

5. The BJP government has unfortunately turned a blind eye to crony capitalists manipulating markets, currencies and financial institutions, and leveraging tax havens to rig the Indian market. The Congress Party commits to bringing more transparency and regulations to manage global financial and stock markets.

6. In light of the dynamic nature of today’s hyper connected world, the Congress Party commits to fostering a new partnership with the corporate, development and civil society sectors to actively involve them in select foreign policy initiatives related to trade, markets, manufacturing, entertainment, education, health, and infrastructure development.

7. In furthering our national interests, India also needs to strategically encourage India’s economic interests. In that spirit, the Congress commits to leveraging both India’s public and private sectors to attain key strategic and foreign policy goals, and holistically promote India’s economic interests in collaboration with the widest set of stakeholders (as opposed to the crony-capitalism that the BJP government has fostered);

8. The Congress Party also commits to ensuring that India has a globally competitive business and investment-friendly environment. We also commit to creating an economically integrated South Asia.

Strengthening the Institutional Framework for Foreign Policy

9. The Congress Party is proud of the immense contributions of the Indian diaspora worldwide and their immense contributions to their respective nations. The Congress Party will re-invigorate an institutionalised system and comprehensive method of outreach to the diaspora, international organisations and governments. This includes working with likeminded institutions and organisations.

10. The BJP has unfortunately diminished diaspora engagement to a transactional arrangement. The Congress firmly believes that diaspora relationships need to transcend partisan considerations and need to be in the national interest. The INC therefore commits to re-establishing the Ministry of Overseas Indians that will be tasked to address the concerns of NRIs including their safety, conditions of work, social security and health benefits, education of their children, need for financial services, protection of assets in India, and safe return to India. The Congress also commits to spearheading an NRI Invest Scheme to establish a single point of contact for NRIs to invest in India. The Congress also undertakes to revisit the issue of dual citizenship for overseas Indians in a sympathetic spirit.

11. The Congress Party will also strengthen the National Security Advisory Board, provide a statutory basis to the body, appoint experts from different disciplines and ensure that it will function as a permanent, professional body advising the NSC and the government. Concomitant reforms that the Congress commits include ensuring the offices of the NSA and NSCS, as well as the agencies under them become more accountable.

12. Multilateral institutions cannot remain calcified, and must reflect contemporary geopolitical and financial realities. Therefore the Congress Party will escalate India’s efforts to reform the UN Security Council, and secure a permanent seat. A first step will be to reverse the BJP government’s deviation to slash India’s contribution to the UN by 50%. Secondly, INC believes in leveraging India’s demographic advantage, through its educated and skilled youth, for the benefit of a rapidly evolving world. INC will thus create opportunities for young, talented and skilled thought leaders in multilateral organisations and negotiations.

13. The Congress Party expresses its deepest sympathy for the affected people and victims in Turkey, Syria, and Ukraine. It also expresses concern for the situation in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Guided by our principled foreign policy, our commitment to aid distressed people and nations remains steadfast. That is why Prime Minister Nehru launched the India Aid Mission (IAM) in Nepal in 1952 to provide development assistance to other nations, years before USAID was conceived. Since then, India’s development cooperation assistance has jumped to over US$ 6 billion. However, under the BJP government, these initiatives are unaligned to strategic imperatives, delinked from national economic interests and do not sufficiently aid in developing partnerships with other countries. Furthermore, our development cooperation assistance is dwarfed by China. The Congress Party therefore commits to institutionalising the India International Development Cooperation Agency to address the dynamic and competitive development financing landscape.

14. To realise India’s aspiration to be a leading power, India will need to aggressively invest in upgrading the financial and human resources of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), something the BJP government has ignored. Therefore the Congress commits to expanding the MEA and Indian Foreign Service to effectively safeguard India’s interests, engage with the international community, address global challenges, maintain regional stability, and promote economic growth and development. It will also be expedient to have professional diplomats with domain knowledge in various specialised fields like energy and financial security, technology transfers, financial regulation and banking, environmental negotiations etc.

15. Foreign policy has always been marked with continuity with the backing of a strong national consensus. Unfortunately, the BJP government has systematically undermined the national consensus while its leadership conducts itself in a partisan manner globally. The Congress Party believes that the Indian people deserve a full discussion on the emerging strategic alignment of India, whether categorised as multi-alignment or as a deepening strategic convergence with the United States and the partner countries in the Quadrilateral Dialogue (Australia, Japan and the US). India’s role in the I2U2 (with Israel, UAE, and the US) and its aspirations to articulate the voice of the global South in the context of its presidency of the G20 also merit further discussion. The Congress therefore commits to institutionalising parliamentary systems for confidential and bipartisan briefings from the defence and security institutions;

16. Reviving multilateral institutions to deepen relationships: Platforms like SAARC, ASEAN have atrophied under the BJP government. We also need to reclaim our space in NAM and G77 groupings. The Congress commits to restoring and strengthening them. These will be used to continue to advocate for nuclear disarmament, and strict adherence to nuclear treaties, in the spirit of the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s initiative for a nuclear free world. This imperative has become especially critical given current geopolitics hostilities and developments.

Constructively Recalibrating our Relationships

17. United States of America: India’s relations with the USA have been complicated by our shared democratic values, cultural affinity and yet divergence in our respective world views. The US-Pakistan collaboration was a strategic concern for India. The deft diplomatic handling by the UPA government under Dr. Manmohan Singh persuaded a major rethink in the US thinking, leading to gradually increasing pressure on Pakistan to check export of terrorism to India from their soil. Furthermore the breakthrough with civil nuclear negotiations empowered India to overcome the constraints imposed by the nuclear powers and gave India the freedom to make independent, strategic decisions. Building on the path blazed by the UPA government, we need to continuously enhance collaboration with the USA on trade, technology transfer, development and humanitarian assistance, climate change, space, counter-terrorism etc. In doing so, we hope that the BJP government does not again jeopardise relations between our two nations by pursuing a myopic and partisan effort to interfere in USA’ internal political affairs. The Modi government needs to realise that relationships are between nations, not leaders. While we deepen our relationship with the USA, India must mindfully safeguard its strategic independence. We must remain cautious not to be reduced to a junior partner in a combine against China, inspite of our differences with China.

18. China: The Congress Party expresses its deep concern about the prevailing situation on the line of actual control between India and China. The prevailing situation is indicative of a substantial deterioration from the assiduously-repaired relations developed under Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha Rao and Dr Manmohan Singh. We firmly believe that we have a duty to stand up for India’s security and territorial sovereignty, which the BJP government has failed to do. When it comes to the safety of our brave jawans and the integrity of our territory, the INC unreservedly supports the Army and the government. Sadly the government has failed to take the people of India into confidence about the repeated transgressions by Chinese military at various points across the Line of Actual Control, while it continues to engage with China in an unstructured manner. This has emboldened China to be even more aggressive. India needs to communicate this clearly without obfuscation, and urgently enhance capabilities to deter China from attempting any military coercion along the LAC. At the same time, the guiding principles enshrined in the 2005 India-China agreement on the boundary issue need to be strongly reaffirmed in any engagement with China. Finally, any and all measures need to be undertaken to defend the territorial integrity of India, which the Congress Party firmly commits to.

19. Neighbourhood: India has deep historic cultural, social and economic relationships with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka etc., and is uniquely positioned to play a significant role. Unfortunately, in the last eight years, our role in our immediate periphery has diminished because of the BJP government’s policies. China has methodically capitalised on this. India will need to redouble efforts to keep our neighbour’s natural interest in India from being overwhelmed by Chinese investments and assistance. To do this, we must remain sensitive to the legitimate aspirations of our neighbours and be willing to accommodate them beyond reciprocity, something the BJP government has failed to do. Perceptions in the neighbourhood depend not only on how we conduct ourselves with them, but also on how we deal with our domestic issues, which all our neighbours watch carefully. We need to restore strong partnerships with our neighbours, and leverage those partnerships to enhance our global profile and stature. To re-establish India’s pre-eminent role in the South Asian region, the INC therefore proposes the following-

• Pakistan: Pakistan continues to be a concern for India and the sporadic signals of outreach have borne little fruit. Interestingly some positive signals have come from the Pakistan Army but there is little reason to believe there has been a sincere change of heart. Pakistan’s extreme financial distress perhaps reduces appetite for adventurism like Pathankot and Pulwama but there is no evidence of a clear withdrawal of not-so-secret support for cross-border terrorism. We can express satisfaction at the global efforts to put pressure on Pakistan to disassociate itself from terror groups but China continues to bail them out at critical junctures. We need to remain vigilant and continue to improve the ground conditions in Jammu & Kashmir to deny mischief-mongers and divisive forces a potential foot hold.

• Afghanistan: India has major strategic and diplomatic concerns in Afghanistan, and thanks to the stellar efforts under the UPA government, there is a huge body of goodwill for India amongst Afghans. Unfortunately, the apprehension is that India has abandoned Afghanistan, which is to our detriment. We need to have a more robust Afghanistan policy, and this includes issuing visas, restoring and enhancing scholarships, food diplomacy, humanitarian assistance etc., none of which should be subject to communal considerations.

• Bangladesh: India-Bangladesh ties have always been marked by openness, trust, cooperation, and mutual respect. Under the leadership of PM Indira Gandhi and successive Indian governments, we not only supported Bangladesh gain her independence, but also helped in maintaining stability. We have successfully utilised that special relationship to conclude long-standing land and maritime boundary agreements. We need to once again lean on those ties to resolve long-pending issues through dialogue, especially the sharing of river waters. We also resolve ways to find ways to ensure greater economic integration that is equitable and mutually beneficial, deepen security cooperation, greater connectivity and enhance development partnership/trade.

• Nepal: India and Nepal have always had deep societal, cultural and economic ties, that the Congress Party has always carefully nurtured. However, government-to-government relations were adversely impacted after 2014. Our relationship was further strained because of boundary issues and Nepal’s domestic politics. Consequently, China began to play a bigger role in Nepal. The Congress Party firmly believes that India-Nepal ties transcend political exigencies and therefore commits to promoting connectivity, economic, educational and developmental projects. While steadfastly ensuring that Indian interests are not adversely impacted, INC also commits to collaboratively nurturing pilgrimage, cultural, and tourism circuits to deepen ties, while partnering with Nepal on redressing concerns emanating from the open border.

• Sri Lanka: India should continue to press for an honourable outcome to the aspirations of the Tamil people within a united, sovereign and federal Sri Lanka. The implementation of the 13th amendment shall also be encouraged. The Congress Party also commits to encourage and help the Sri Lankan people to resolve their current economic difficulties, but expects in turn that Colombo will be sensitive to the rights of Indian fisherfolk in international waters, and attentive to Indians rejig concerns in the region.

20. Africa: India’s partnership with Africa goes back to the 19th century, when both were fighting against colonial rule and apartheid. Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the South African struggle against apartheid and the close friendship of Pt. Nehru with the African leadership animated our relationships post 1947. Since 1949, when India launched scholarships and aid, developmental assistance to Africa under the UPA government has funded the construction of railway lines, telecom networks, electrification as well as irrigation and farm mechanisation projects, technology transfers, capacity building, and infrastructure development, which has been in accordance with African needs and priorities. Furthermore, India and Africa have collaborated on global platforms on key issues, which were institutionalised at the 2008 India-Africa Forum Summit. Since 2014 however, India’s development aid has become unstructured, with no synchronisation between grants, credit and capacity building initiatives. Additionally, project completion has taken a backseat under the BJP government. The Congress Party commits to creating a focused Africa strategy that enhances developmental cooperation, promotes commercial interests, and aligns with shared strategic, economic and development needs. INC will also step up the “Study in India” programme and scrupulously ensure the protection of African students in India. The INC is proud of the UPA government’s initiative to digitally link 47 African nations to provide better connectivity, and will strive to build on this foundation. Finally, INC shall also mobilise international support to assist Africa in fighting terrorism.

21. European Union: The post-Brexit Europe offers opportunity as indeed an excellent balancing instrument in relation to US policies. Furthermore, India and EU share a commitment to democracy, freedoms, rules based security order, and multilateralism. However, messages from the ruling dispensation about Europe having to learn to restrict its ambitions may not be very wise. Diplomacy and words chosen to convey our position should not smack of arrogance or pander to partisan sentiments domestically. These have never been associated with India’s diplomatic style and culture. India needs to deepen engagement with the EU in a bipartisan manner, especially in the fields of trade, manufacturing/production, finance, technology and education. The Congress commits to expediting mutually beneficial free trade and investment agreements, which are geo-political opportunities for prosperity and security in the Indo-Pacific.

22. United Kingdom: Bound by history and a 1.7 million strong diaspora, India and the United Kingdom have robust socio-economic ties and share a deep commitment to democracy and multiculturalism. The Congress Party is firmly committed to vigorously expanding these ties into a strategic and a mutually beneficial trade partnership. The Congress will especially work towards forging new institutional arrangements to deepen people-to-people, and institution-to-institution ties.

23. East Asia: India’s economic integration with the East Asian economies, particularly ASEAN region, Singapore and Japan must command our focus. In order to that, we will have to seriously rethink our positions on regional trade blocs and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, keeping compulsions of our domestic markets and public opinion in mind. A confident and ambitious India cannot be seen as being timorous in responding to contemporary opportunities and challenges, especially in the Indo Pacific region. Similarly, dealing with Japan, Philippines and Vietnam and their concerns about free passage in the South China Sea will require dexterity and imagination. Furthermore, as manufacturing gradually begins to shift away from China, India needs to aggressively step up its efforts to attract manufacturing and assembly into India, which is currently gravitating towards East Asian nations. There could be potential areas of partnership with select nations in aggressively championing this interest, which again reinforces the need for regional trade arrangements.

24. West Asia/Middle East: India’s relations with West Asian countries were assiduously built over decades by successive Congress governments. Today, they are paying rich dividends. With the UAE becoming a favourite second home for High Net worth Individuals (HNIs) as well as middle-class and working-class bread earners, we need to keep our relations intact and prospering. However we cannot forget that commerce may be the driving force of our association but the traditional concerns of the region can raise their head quickly in response to the divisive politics that the BJP ecosystem fosters at home. The OIC and other regional organisations have been carefully nurtured by successive Congress governments to wean them away from a preoccupation with Pakistan, and we cannot allow that distinct advantage to be squandered.

25. Russia:Russiaremains a constant friend and committed to the extensive inter-dependence between our two countries. Yet their own decision to invade Ukraine, and developments in the rapidly changing world have influenced their priorities including the outreach to China in order to offset the US efforts to regain dominance in the post-Cold War world. It has been difficult for us to take an objective position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Thus far, carefully manoeuvring between Europe-US expectations on one hand and Russia taking an uncompromising position, India has managed to keep both channels open. The ongoing Ukraine war, which is developing into a stalemate, could in the future force India’s hand between principles and pragmatism, and we must be prepared to deftly deal with such a contingency.

26. Indian Ocean: India is uniquely positioned in the Indian ocean, which straddles the major shipping lanes of the world. These are critical for trade, and the security of the region. India needs to leverage its unique position to further integrate Asia and the World, while being vigilant about any efforts to constrict this integration.

Conclusion

Foreign policy cannot be restricted to short-term transactional gains, particularly for India which has been a moral beacon of democracy. Our value based foreign policy has always strived to promote what is best for the planet, for all nations and for all peoples. While strictly adhering to this foundational dharma, our foreign policy has holistically presented India’s best face to the comity of nations, influenced the world to adopt the right path, realised preferred national goals and fortified enlightened self-interest by promoting the security and well-being of our citizens. We have also respected all forms, functions and formalities of other nations. That is why the world perceives India as a self-confident, principled, compassionate and honest partner.

We should continue to aspire to hear the world praise our endeavours, rather than rejoice in personal self-praise and manufactured photo-ops. True leadership moments come, something which will be tested in our chairmanship of the G-20, not by sustained propaganda but by performance. True leadership must be the torchbearer of a national consensus on the international stage, which needs to be systematically forged through conversations with all domestic stakeholders including opposition parties. True leadership needs to forge genuine relationships on the foundations of substantive cooperation, not symbolic gestures and transactional modalities. To actualise this, the BJP government needs to take a leaf out of the history of the Afro-Asian Conference, the Non-Aligned Movement, CHOGM, COP 27 and innumerable moments when India stood tall in the shared service of humanity. The BJP government needs to also realise that the world sees democracy, freedoms and multiculturalism as public goods. It is therefore morally incumbent to safeguard and further them domestically as much as internationally. They can do so by truly listening to, and providing space to all stakeholders in India; by restoring India’s institutional and constitutional edifice; by forging a new partnership with civil society, as well as the corporate and public sectors; by leveraging the technologies of tomorrow to spearhead sustainable innovations; and by providing ethical leadership to the global South.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi once said “India will be a different power and will continue to walk its own path in the world”. In that spirit, the Congress Party is committed to building a better, more cooperative, inclusive and equitable world that conceptualises prosperity differently. The Congress Party also calls for a renewal of the principles of enlightened self-interest and strategic independence in decision making in the international plane, with a renewed focus on restructuring the world order in terms of institutions that are reflective of contemporary realities, enhancing India’s legitimate role as a major power, a shared commitment to sustainable development goals, an urgent allegiance to global peace, equal and equitable rule of law, reversing the continuing impact of colonial exploitation and shared participation in the pursuit of our common destiny.

III. SUBGROUP - INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Chairman - Shri Salman Khurshid Convenor - Shri Shashi Tharoor

Members: 1. Shri Nabam Tuki 2. Shri Sam Pitroda 3. Shri Anand Sharma 4. Shri Manish Tewari 5. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju 6. Shri Deepender Hooda 7. Shri Rajamani Patel 8. Shri Ravneet Singh Bittu 9. Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely 10. Dr. Madan Mohan Jha 11. Smt. Arti Krishna