Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Members of Congress' National Alliance Committee (NAC), leaders of other I.N.D.I.A bloc parties will hold discussions on seat-sharing for the next three days in Delhi, ahead of Lok Sabha elections due in April-May.
The meetings will take place on January 7, 8 and 9 at party leader Mukul Wasnik's residence in Delhi.
On Sunday, NAC members will meet amongst themselves, later, they will hold discussions with RJD, and JD(U) leaders from Bihar.
After discussing with the representatives of various parties of I.N.D.I.A bloc, the NAC will discuss proposals received to it with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
The proposals on seat-sharing will then be discussed with other party leaders and a decision will be taken accordingly.
Congress constitutes committees for shortlisting candidates for Lok Sabha polls
On Friday, Congress constituted cluster-wise committees for shortlisting candidates for Lok Sabha elections due in April-May. The party has divided all states and Union territories into five clusters for the purpose.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge constituted the screening committees, according to a party statement.
- In the cluster comprising Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Pudducherry, Harish Chaudhary has been appointed as the screening committee chairperson with Jignesh Mevani and Viswajeet Kadam as its members.
- For Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Odisha, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Madhusudan Mistry has been made the panel chief.
- Suraj Hegde and Shafi Parambil will be its members.
- For Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Rajani Patil has been appointed as the chairperson of the screening committee with Krishna Allavuru and Pargat Singh as its members.
- Bhakta Charan Das has been appointed as the chairman of the screening committee for the cluster comprising Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
- Party leaders Neeraj Dangi and Yashomati Thakur have been appointed as members of this committee.
- Party leader from Punjab Rana KP Singh has been appointed the chairperson of the screening committee for the cluster comprising Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim.
- Jaivardhan Singh and Ivan D'Souza have been appointed as members of this panel.
According to the party statement, all general secretaries, in-charges, state party chiefs, Congress Legislature Party leaders, and AICC secretary in-charges for states/UTs have been appointed as ex-officio members of the respective committees.
The formation of the committees came a day after top leaders held a meeting to discuss the party's strategy for the Lok Sabha elections.
With inputs from PTI
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