Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Congress CEC meet to finalise candidates today

As the Assembly elections are scheduled for this year, the Congress’s Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet on Saturday to finalise the candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. According to the sources, the meeting will be held at former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath Road residence in the national capital at around […]

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As the Assembly elections are scheduled for this year, the Congress’s Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet on Saturday to finalise the candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.

According to the sources, the meeting will be held at former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath Road residence in the national capital at around 4 PM.

Before this, on October 3, the Congress held a meeting of its screening committee for Madhya Pradesh to decide on candidates for assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.

On the other hand, ahead of the electoral battle in the state, the ruling BJP and the Congress have intensified their campaigns. The BJP has already shared two lists of the candidates who will contest the upcoming polls.

Notably, both the parties have pulled out their top leaders, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the campaign for the BJP, whereas on the other hand Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and other prominent leaders leading the Congress’s efforts to win the voters’ confidence.

It is to be noted here that polls that are schedule for the end of this year will see people electing from 230 Assembly constituencies. Madhya Pradesh is among one of the five states going to polls at the end of this year.