Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress may announce its first list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections on Friday. The celebration on Thursday brainstormed on candidates’ names in its Central Election Committee (CEC) assembly, held in Delhi. In its first list, the celebration may identify candidates on 60 parliamentary seats.
According to reviews, the dialogue in the CEC assembly came about for finalising candidates’ on 60 seats throughout 10 states. Sources additional mentioned that Rahul Gandhi may be fielded from Kerala’s Wayanad, as soon as once more.
The candidates have been finalised for Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Lakshadweep, mentioned Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal.
The dialogue was additionally held on Delhi seats however no conclusion was reached as there’s multiple candidate amongst those that are being thought-about in the upcoming polls.
The Congress and AAP have allied for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi. The ‘Grand Old Party’ will likely be contesting on three seats in the nationwide capital.
On Chandni Chowk seat, Alka Lamba, JP Agarwal, and Sandeep Dikshit are being thought-about.
On North East seat, Arvinder Singh Lovely, and Anil Chowdhury are being thought-about.
On North West seat, Rajkumar Chauhan and Udit Raj are being thought-about.
Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, who attended the CEC assembly mentioned, “I am not authorised to speak. There was discussion on some states, the rest will happen after 2-3 days…”
When requested if he will likely be contesting in the Lok Sabha elections, former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel mentioned, “The spokesperson will speak”.
Congress chief Sachin Pilot mentioned, “It was a good discussion. Discussion was held on all the seats. As soon as CEC decides, you will be told. Whatever decision is taken AICC will brief.”
On seat sharing, Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala mentioned, “You will get good news by tomorrow…”
Kerala Congress chief and LoP VD Satheesan mentioned, “In the CEC meeting, in Kerala we are contesting 16 out of 20 seats. The rest of the four seats are being contested by our constituent parties. Today, the CEC has taken the decision regarding the candidates for those 16 seats. Tomorrow the AICC will announce the names of the candidates…”
“We had the first central election committee regarding the parliament candidates. We finalised seats from Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Lakshadweep… The procedure is going on, formal announcement will be made very soon…,” mentioned Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal.
BJP releases first list of 195 candidates
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already launched its first list of 195 candidates. According to the list, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to contest from Varanasi, Home Minister Amit Shah from Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow, Smriti Irani from Amethi amongst others.
