UTTAR PRADESH / NEW DELHI :

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Mohsina Kidwai has been elected chairperson of the Haj Committee at its first meeting here, the External Affairs Ministry said.

Hasan Ahmed and Aboo Bucker were elected as the chairpersons at the meeting, the Ministry added.

The Haj Committee was reconstituted recently and the Ministry is the nodal authority for administering it.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National / by Special Correspondent / New Delhi – March 10th, 2010