Congress discusses probable candidates for poll-bound states; to start with list for MP

NEW DELHI, Oct 13: The Congress leadership on Friday discussed its probable candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections and is likely announce its first list of nominees on October 15.
The party’s Central Election Committee held separate meetings on the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana scheduled for November 17 and 30 respectively.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the meetings and Rahul Gandhi attended them.
The meeting on the Madhya Pradesh polls was also attended by AICC general secretary in-charge for the state Randeep Surjewala and former chief minister Kamal Nath.
In the Telangana meet, state party president Revanth Reddy and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal were present.
In a post on X, Kharge said, “The unholy nexus between BRS, BJP and AIMIM needs to be defeated in Telangana to usher all-around progress and unhindered welfare. People of Telangana know that it is only and only the Congress party which can bring the much-needed change in their lives. Today, the Central Election Committee discussed the strategy for Assembly Elections in Telangana.”
“In Madhya Pradesh, youth, women, Dalits, tribals and backward classes are going to get justice in a few days. There will be a complete stop to the BJP’s injustice, atrocities and corrupt misgovernance of the last 18 years,” the Congress chief said in another post in Hindi on X. (PTI)