NEW DELHI: Congress will provide clarity on fielding wrestler Vinesh Phogat for the Haryana elections by Tuesday, party general secretary Dipak Babaria said after a meeting of the AICC central election committee on Monday.
Sources said the CEC meeting cleared 34 of the 49 names that it discussed.
Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge will take a call on Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala, who are said to have expressed a wish to fight the state polls.
Senior neta & former CM Bhupinder Hooda is said to be of the view that Surjewala’s son can contest in his place.
While the screening committee headed by Ajay Maken is learnt to have created a consensus on 49 seats that were taken to CEC for discussion, sources said further deliberations have been sought on some nominations for political families and sitting MLAs. While most of the legislators are likely to get the nod, sources said Rahul Gandhi emphasised the need to accommodate party workers instead of focussing on established names and families.
For J&K, the party released its second list of six candidates, clearing state Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra to contest from Central Shalteng while picking Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary for Surankote.
Karra said the CEC discussed 29 names for the second and third phases of elections in J&K, of which 23 were cleared. The names will be released phase-wise. In J&K, Congress has tied up with National Conference, and the two are contesting 32 and 51 seats respectively.
Sources said the CEC meeting cleared 34 of the 49 names that it discussed.
Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge will take a call on Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala, who are said to have expressed a wish to fight the state polls.
Senior neta & former CM Bhupinder Hooda is said to be of the view that Surjewala’s son can contest in his place.
While the screening committee headed by Ajay Maken is learnt to have created a consensus on 49 seats that were taken to CEC for discussion, sources said further deliberations have been sought on some nominations for political families and sitting MLAs. While most of the legislators are likely to get the nod, sources said Rahul Gandhi emphasised the need to accommodate party workers instead of focussing on established names and families.
For J&K, the party released its second list of six candidates, clearing state Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra to contest from Central Shalteng while picking Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary for Surankote.
Karra said the CEC discussed 29 names for the second and third phases of elections in J&K, of which 23 were cleared. The names will be released phase-wise. In J&K, Congress has tied up with National Conference, and the two are contesting 32 and 51 seats respectively.
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