SHILLONG: The Election Committee of the Congress party in Meghalaya will meet soon to finalise the names of the candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls.
Congress spokesperson and a member of the Election Committee, Ronnie V Lyngdoh said that the Election committee, which has already been notified would meet after the holidays to take a call on the names of the candidates.
The Congress has already announced that it would contest the elections in all the 60 Assembly seats in the state.
It may be mentioned that the party has already distributed the applications for the candidates who are willing to contest the elections on a Congress ticket.
The Congress has received multiple applications for poll ticket in several constituencies. More than 100 forms were issued and the process started on August 31.
It has been learnt that the retired government official Jopthiaw Lyngdoh has applied poll ticket from Nartiang constituency which is currently represented by Congress legislator Sniawbhalang Dhar.
Also the son of former chief minister late EK Mawlong, George Lyngdoh, have collected form to apply for ticket to contest for Umroi constituency.
In addition, five independent MLAs are also willing to contest the upcoming polls on a Congress ticket.