Gearing up for next year's general elections, the Congress on Saturday set up three crucial committees to look after election affairs related to coordination, manifesto and publicity.

A key nine-member Core Group Committee has been formed by party chief Rahul Gandhi. It comprises of AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed Patel, Jairam Ramesh, Randeep Surjewala and KC Venugopal.