The Congress leadership on Friday discussed its probable candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, and the first list is likely to be out on October 15.
The party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge held separate meetings on the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana scheduled for November 17 and 30 respectively in New Delhi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was in attendance.
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.
“This time the public will not allow the formation of an undemocratic BJP government in Madhya Pradesh through the back door,” Kharge also said while sharing pictures of the CEC meeting.
“This time the traitors will get a befitting reply. The Congress party is moving towards a full majority,” he claimed while noting that an important meeting of the Central Election Committee was held regarding Madhya Pradesh.
After the meeting, AICC general secretary in-charge for Madhya Pradesh Surjewala said the party was taking steps towards victory in Madhya Pradesh. He said that the first list will be released “on the first day of Navratri”, i.e., on October 14, reports PTI.
“The people of Madhya Pradesh are very angry, many scams of BJP government are coming to light. Today itself a tribal scam worth Rs 10 crore has come to light in Madhya Pradesh,” he said.
Kamal Nath said the party panel has discussed the names of candidates in about 60 seats and that it will meet again.
“A meeting of the screening committee will be held immediately after this. Only then will we finalise the list…we can announce our list on 15th (October) and the more discussion the better, because a lot of new things emerge,” he said.
So far, the BJP has released four lists of candidates in Madhya Pradesh, fielding Union Ministers and MPs to shift the attention away from the anti-incumbency factor against Shivraj Singh Chouhan.