The Congress party's Central Election Committee (CEC) will convene for its second meeting at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi on Monday evening, as reported by news agency ANI.
Chaired by party national president Mallikarjun Kharge, the meeting is scheduled for 6 pm and is expected to be attended by Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party MP Rahul Gandhi.
Discussions will focus on finalising candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh.
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Earlier, the Congress released its first list of candidates for 39 Lok Sabha constituencies on March 8, covering seats in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshwadeep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana, and Tripura.
Of the 39 candidates announced, 16 are from Kerala, seven from Karnataka, six from Chhattisgarh, and four from Telangana. Two candidates hail from Meghalaya, with one each from Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, and Lakshwadeep.
The release of the candidate list followed the first Central Election Committee meeting held on March 7. Speaking at the press conference, KC Venugopal highlighted that 15 candidates are from the General category, while 24 represent SC, ST, OBC, and minority communities.
Congress has fielded Rahul Gandhi from the Wayanad seat and it is yet to be confirmed if he will also contest from Amethi, his old turf. Prominent Congress leaders featured in the party's first list of Lok Sabha candidates include Bhupesh Baghel, K Muraleedharan, KC Venugopal, and Shashi Tharoor.
In Chhattisgarh, former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been nominated to contest from Rajnandgaon, Tamradhwaj Sahu from Mahasamund, Jyotsna Mahant from Korba, and Shivkumar Dehariya from Janjgir-Champa.
Karnataka, governed by the Congress, sees seven candidates announced: HR Algur Raju from Bijapur, Anandaswamy Gaddadevara Ma from Haveri, Geetha Shivarajkumar from Shimoga, M Shreyas Patel from Hassan, SP Muddahanumegowda from Tumkur, Venkataramegowda from Mandya, and DK Suresh from Bangalore Rural.
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From Kerala, K Muraleedharan will contest from Thrissur, while KC Venugopal will represent Alappuzha, and Shashi Tharoor will stand for Thiruvananthapuram.
Meanwhile, the BJP has already unveiled its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, expected to take place in April-May this year.