MP polls: Congress to start picking probable nominees from Jan 15

December 24, 2017 16:23

Although there is still a year to go for the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, the state unit of the Congress today said the party would start the

exercise of identifying probable candidates from mid-January.

The party said the leadership might give opportunity to fresh and young faces over the older ones this time.

"We will start the candidate selection process for the next year's assembly elections after January 15. The process of streamlining the organisational structure in the state would also be completed by the next month," AICC general secretary and party in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, Deepak Babaria said.

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections are scheduled to be held in November-December next year.

"Initially, we will focus on 60-65 seats, where the party could not win in the past two elections. We will tell the probable candidates to start preparing," he said.

Asked about the demand of some party leaders that the candidates should be announced six months prior to the election, Babaria said, "It depends on the vulnerability of the seats. The announcement may be made two months, two weeks or two hours prior to the filing of nominations, because the opposition may also plan its strategies accordingly."

-- PTI

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