Congress CEC meeting set for Mar 31; party to finalise remaining LS candidates

Congress's senior leadership is expected to convene a meeting of its Central Election Committee (CEC) on March 31 to finalise the remaining names for the approaching Lok Sabha elections starting April 19.  

 

Sources said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, besides other senior leaders and members of the CEC, are likely to attend the meet.  

 

The sources said the names of the candidates that would be discussed during Sunday's CECs meeting would include those to be fielded from Delhi and Maharashtra.  

 

The Congress has so far announced a total of 208 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls that are scheduled to be held in seven phases. The counting of votes will be taken up on June 4.