The Congress will release its first list of candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election on Sunday, the party’s general secretary in-charge of the State, Randeep Surjewala, said on Friday.
He was speaking after a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) in Delhi, the second in a week to discuss candidate selection in the State. M.P. Congress president Kamal Nath said that discussions were held on about 60 seats during the meeting, which was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and MP Rahul Gandhi, among others. After the CEC’s October 7 meet, Mr. Nath had said that deliberations had been held on candidates for 130 to 140 seats.
Elections for 230 Assembly constituencies in the State will be held on November 17. The last date to file a nomination is October 30.
