Live! Cong may to finalise 100-150 LS poll candidates by Jan-end
January 08, 2014  20:00

With Rahul Gandhi keen on early declaration of candidates for Lok Sabha elections, Congress is understood to have decided to come out with a list of 150 to 200 nominees by the end of this month.        

 

Lok Sabha elections are likely to be held in April-May and the decision will give at least three months time to the candidates to prepare for the elections.         The exercise of finalizing candidates will begin immediately after the AICC meeting on January 17, a senior party functionary said.        

 

"The meeting of screening committees to shortlist candidates will begin soon after the AICC meeting and we will be deciding candidates for much more than 100 Lok Sabha seats by the end of January," the AICC functionary closely associated with the exercise said.        

 

The A K Antony panel entrusted with the task of drawing up an action plan for the party for assembly and Lok Sabha a elections few years ago had recommended that the candidates for the elections should be declared at least a few months ahead of the polls.

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