Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress holds first meeting to finalise candidates, discussion likely on 60 seats
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the party headquarters in Delhi. Sources told news agency ANI that the states such as Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, and Manipur will be put for discussion during the meeting. "Discussion can likely take place on a total of 60 seats among these states," they were quoted as saying.
"Discussions will not be held for the seats of Amethi and Rai Bareli on Thursday," sources said. Sources had earlier said that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may contest from the Raebareli constituency, while Rahul Gandhi may fight from Wayanad and Amethi. Congress' General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh earlier said, "The CEC will discuss all seats.
Final decisions will be taken wherever possible. CEC is the highest body that deliberates on and finalises candidates." As per the seat-sharing arrangement of the INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress will field a total of 17 candidates out of 80 Lok Sabha seats, while its ally Samajwadi Party (SP) will contest 63 seats. Meanwhile, the Congress panel tasked with preparing the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls has prepared the draft, which will now be discussed by the Congress Working Committee.
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who heads the manifesto committee said on Tuesday that the draft report will be presented to the Congress president. "We have prepared the draft manifesto. Now it will go to the Congress Working Committee.
They will finalize the manifesto, and then it will become the Congress party document. Tomorrow we will hand over this draft to the Congress President," he said. The Lok Sabha polls are
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