The Congress election committee, in its debut meeting, finalised candidates for six states including Kerala and Karnataka, with Rahul Gandhi set to contest from Wayanad. Chhattisgarh's former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and others from the state are also in the fray. The party deferred discussions on northeastern states for the next round and will reconvene on Monday to further deliberate on candidates.
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00:00 The Congress Election Committee conveyed its inaugural meeting last night concluding with
00:08 the finalization of most of the candidates for the six out of ten states under consideration.
00:14 Senior Party Leader KC Venugopal announced that a formal announcement will follow shortly
00:19 after the meeting, which adorned close to midnight yesterday.
00:24 Venugopal informed reporters that seats from Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh,
00:28 Delhi and Lakshadweep have been finalized with a formal announcement pending.
00:34 Some more details are out now.
00:36 Sources have revealed that Rahul Gandhi is most likely going to contest from Wayanad
00:40 constituency once again in Kerala, while Chief Minister Bhupesh Bagel, the former Chief Minister
00:45 of Chhattisgarh, will stand from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, alongside Jyotsana Mahant
00:51 from Korwa.
00:52 Notably, key Chhattisgarh leaders are to be in the electoral fray for the first list.
00:58 However, Priyanka Gandhi Badara is unlikely going to contest elections this time too.
01:03 Earlier, it was expected that she might fight from Rayabali as Sonia Gandhi was nominated
01:08 as Rajya Sabha member, but no, that is not going to happen this time too.
01:12 Furthermore, it has been disclosed that the party will contest 16 out of 20 seats in Kerala
01:18 with former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor among the candidates.
01:21 In Karnataka, state ministers would not be fielded with reports indicating their reluctance
01:26 to contest the national elections.
01:29 Two ministers have publicly expressed reservation, leaving only one potential candidate from
01:33 the ministerial ranks.
01:35 Additionally, D.K.
01:36 Suresh, the brother of the state party chief D.K.
01:39 Shivkumar, will be among the candidates from Karnataka.
01:42 However, the decision on the Kalburgi seat held by the Congress chief Mallikarjun Khadge
01:48 remains pending.
01:49 The Election Committee is scheduled to reconvene in coming Monday to further deliberate on
01:54 the candidate selection.
01:55 The agenda for the meeting included discussions on candidates from Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Telangana,
02:00 Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim and Lakshadweep, with the party dettering
02:05 considerations for the North East to a subsequent round.
02:08 As the general elections approach, this summer, the party's candidate finalisation process
02:13 has commenced, albeit with an unresolved seat-sharing issue in two crucial states, that is Maharashtra
02:20 and West Bengal, which collectively account for more than 90 seats.
02:25 In addition, negotiations with allies like the Mahavikasagadi for the 48 seats in Maharashtra
02:30 are ongoing, while efforts to address concerns raised by the West Bengal Chief Minister and
02:35 Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee regarding the seat-sharing are underway, following
02:39 her decision to put her party's membership in Congress on hold due to dissatisfaction
02:44 with the process.
02:46 Will the India alliance form a consensus before the model core of conduct is implemented?
02:51 That needs to be seen, but the report right now is that the first list of the Congress
02:54 party is likely finalised and Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Wayanad.
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