Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress get together on Friday constituted a cluster-wise screening committees for shortlisting candidates for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. AICC General Secretaries/in-charges, PCC Presidents, CLP leaders and AICC secretaries in-charge of the state/UT can be ex-official members of the their respective state and UT, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal knowledgeable.
In Cluster 1, the get together has included Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry. Harish Chaudhary can be its chairman whereas Viswajeet Kadam, Jignesh Mewani have been included as members.
Cluster 2 contains Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Madhusudan Mistry can be its chairman and Suraj Hegde, Shafi Parambil have been included as members.
States together with Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haweli are a part of cluster 3. Rajani Patil has been made its chairman whereas Krishna Allavuru, Pargat Singh are its members.
Cluster 4 contains Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh.
Whereas Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim have been put in cluster 5.
Congress has additionally appointed its chief Alka Lamba as All India Mahila Congress President.
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