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Rahul Gandhi, who was beforehand an MP from Amethi, misplaced the seat in 2019 however received from Wayanad in Kerala
The highest management of the Congress is attending a gathering within the nationwide capital on Thursday to finalise the occasion’s candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former occasion chief Sonia Gandhi and basic secretary, organisation, Ok C Venugopal, in addition to different senior leaders who’re a part of the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) have been current on the assembly.
Finalising candidates for Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim and Manipur, amongst others, is anticipated to be mentioned throughout the assembly.
The Congress has not declared any candidate up to now. Final week, the BJP got here out with its first record of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress sources stated the occasion is prone to declare its first record of candidates quickly to allow the candidates to start out their ballot marketing campaign.
Hypothesis is rife over Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s from Rae Bareli, a constituency beforehand held by Sonia Gandhi. Each the seats are thought of bastions of the Gandhi household and the native models of the Congress have demanded that the 2 scions of the Congress first household ought to contest from there.
Rahul Gandhi, who was beforehand an MP from Amethi, misplaced the seat in 2019 however received from Wayanad in Kerala.
In the meantime, a number of state models of the Congress have already held conferences of their respective screening committees and have forwarded the record of possible candidates of their states.
Chaired by occasion president Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the committee additionally consists of Congress basic secretary Ok C Venugopal, Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, T S Singhdeo and Mohammad Jawaid, amongst others.
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First Revealed: Mar 07 2024 | 7:40 PM IST
