Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara, Nakul Nath, son of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, is among those Lok Sabha candidates whose names were cleared by the Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Congress on March 11.
The CEC is said to have discussed around 63 seats across several States, including Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan. About 40 names have been cleared.
The meeting of the poll panel, presided by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, was attended by Sonia Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, T.S. Singhdeo among others. The next meeting of the CEC is on March 15.