New Delhi, April 14 -- The government on Monday notified a 126-member committee, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to coordinate the upcoming 200th birth anniversary celebrations of social reformer Jyotirao Govindrao Phule.

Former Presidents Pratibha Patil and Ram Nath Kovind, former PM HD Devegowda, former CJIs BR Gavai and KG Balakrishnan, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot are among other prominent members of the panel.

It, however, doesn't include Lok Sabha's Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Congress president and Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge.

The panel was notified by the ministry of culture on Monday. "To commemorate the 200th Birth Anniversary of Shriman Jyotirao Govindrao ...