Names Of 25 More Congress Candidates Finalized In CEC Meeting
Second List Of Punjab Cong. Candidates Likely To Be Out In A Day Or Two
Chandigarh, December 20, 2016: The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Congress is learnt to have decided on the Congress candidates for another 25 seats. The list of the second lot is likely to be out either tomorrow or day after, said sources.
The list finalized in the meeting of the CEC which met in Delhi today will be released after formal ratification by the Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Already the party has announced candidates for the 61 seats. Sources said that the candidates for the seats which were left out today due to lack of consensus would be decided in the next meeting of the CEC to be held on December 27 and 28.
It is also learnt that the Congress leadership is seized of the urgency to announce candidates because its rivals Akali Dal and AAP have already announced their candidates for almost all the seats being contested by them. Since Punjab Assembly election is very crucial for the resurgence of the Congress on the national political map, the leadership is treading very carefully so that chances at the hustings are not marred by any rebellion against its officials candidates.