New Delhi: Congress election committee, headed by social gathering president Mallikarjun Kharge, met on Thursday night time and finalised many of the candidates for six of the ten states it was contemplating for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The primary record of candidates will probably be launched on Friday, sources mentioned to Zee Information Tv.
Senior social gathering chief KC Venugopal, who attended the assembly together with former chief Sonia Gandhi, mentioned {that a} formal announcement will probably be made quickly. “We finalised seats from Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Lakshadweep… The process is occurring, formal announcement will probably be made very quickly,” he instructed reporters.
Zee Information’ sources mentioned that Rahul Gandhi, who’s main the social gathering’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Jaipur, didn’t be part of the assembly just about as he was anticipated to. His identify for the Wayanad seat in Kerala has been prompt by the social gathering’s screening committee. He’s prone to contest from the seat once more, as he’s the sitting MP from there.
Nonetheless, it’s not clear but if Rahul Gandhi may also contest from Amethi, his outdated bastion, or if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the social gathering’s common secretary, will make her electoral debut. There’s a robust demand amongst Congress staff for Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Raebareli, the seat vacated by her mom Sonia Gandhi to contest Rajya Sabha polls.
Among the doubtless names within the first record are Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon, Tamradhwaj Sahu from Durg, Jyotsna Mahant from Korba, and Shiv Dehariya from Janjgir-Champa in Chhattisgarh. All the important thing leaders from Chhattisgarh will probably be within the fray, sources mentioned to Zee Information TV.
In Karnataka, which has a Congress authorities, the social gathering has not selected 4-5 seats but. The social gathering is not going to area state ministers, sources mentioned, as most of them are reluctant to contest the nationwide elections. Two ministers have brazenly expressed their reservations. Just one minister might be a candidate if he chooses to contest, sources added.
Among the many candidates from Karnataka is DK Suresh, the brother of state social gathering chief DK Shivakumar and a celebration MP. The social gathering has not taken a choice on Kalburgi, the seat of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. There have been reviews that Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani was a frontrunner for the ticket, however the seat was not mentioned on the assembly
The Delhi Congress unit submitted an extended record of candidates for the seven Lok Sabha seats within the capital. The excessive command requested the unit to shortlist some names and are available again for the ultimate approval. Sources mentioned that the names of JP Agrawal, Sandeep Dikshit, and Alka Lamba have been thought of for the Chandni Chowk seat.
From Northeast Delhi, the names of Arvinder Singh Pretty and Anil Chowdhary have been proposed. From Northwest Delhi, the names of Rajkumar Chauhan and Udit Raj have been in competition. The committee will meet once more on Monday to finalise the remaining candidates.
