-Cong list unlikely before CWC meetings
-Party postpones preparation of the list of candidates
PNS|Hyderabad
The selection of the Congress party’s candidates for the upcoming Telangana Legislative Assembly elections has been postponed. The Congress leadership has decided to prepare a list of candidates keeping in view the due process, surveys, and equations.
The party unit has apparently decided to pick candidates only after the CWC meeting in Hyderabad.
The screening committee will meet again in this connection. It is understood that this meeting would be held in Delhi, where the screening committee would prepare the list of candidates after considering all factors. The screening committee has already identified the criteria for selection of the candidates.
Telangana Congress leadership has already received applications from more than a 1,000 ticket aspirants for the 119 constituencies. The Congress leadership must now screen the applications and select the right candidates.
The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti announced its list of candidates on August 21st. Hence, the Congress party is preparing to announce its candidates as soon as possible.
The Screening Committee had a meeting on Wednesday at Taj Krishna Hotel. The Screening Committee chairman K Muralidharan, AICC general secretary in-charge Manikrao Thakre, AICC secretary incharges-Mansoor Ali Khan, Vishnunadh and Rohit Choudhary, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy, CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, and former TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy attended the meeting.
After the meeting, Thakre told the media that the committee considered several suggestions for the selection of candidates. There was a need to discuss additional factors. Another meeting would be held and the party would announce the candidates after that meeting.
Bhatti Vikramarka said that they discussed factors to be considered for the selection of candidates.
The Screening Committee chairman received several suggestions and they will be placed “at one place”. A call will be taken at the next meeting of the Screening Committee after collecting additional information about the candidates. Very soon the Congress will announce the party candidates, Bhatti said.
However, it is learnt that the next meeting of the Screening Committee would be held only after the CWC meetings.
