Most of the political parties have started announcing their candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. But Congress has not yet selected the candidates and announced their names. At present, an important meeting of the Central Election Committee is going to be held by the Congress on Thursday. It is being speculated that after this meeting the much awaited list of Congress will be released. According to leaders associated with the Congress Party, many important seats including Rae Bareli and Amethi seats of Uttar Pradesh are also included in this list.
The much-awaited list of Congress, the major constituent of INDI alliance, may come on Thursday. A senior leader associated with the Congress party says that the list of candidates will start coming after the election committee meeting on Thursday. He says that because in most of the states Congress is entering the political arena with alliance. Therefore, intensive brainstorming is being done regarding the selection of candidates and seats. According to the strategists associated with the party, names of candidates from states ranging from North India to South India are to be declared in the first list. After that, gradually the names of the candidates will be declared in the list of the second phase.
Most of the eyes are on the candidates from Uttar Pradesh in the Congress list. Actually, the party has not yet revealed who will be the candidate on its important seats like Rae Bareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. Because this time Sonia Gandhi is not contesting elections from Rae Bareli. Therefore, most of the eyes in the political circles are focused on who will be the candidate for this seat. It is also being discussed whether Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi will enter the political arena from Rae Bareli. Because in the letter issued by Sonia Gandhi last month to the people of Rae Bareli, some similar indications were given, due to which it is considered certain that someone from the Gandhi family will contest the elections from here. There is talk in the political circles that Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi can be the candidate from here.
Apart from this, after the Congress Election Committee meeting on Thursday, the name for Amethi seat is also considered to be finalized. Actually, Rahul Gandhi had lost the last election from Amethi. Therefore, within the Congress itself, everyone is keeping an eye on who will be the candidate from here. It is being said in the political circles that this time also a candidate from the Gandhi family will be in the electoral fray. Now it is expected that one of Rahul and Priyanka will contest on this seat also. However, a senior leader associated with the Congress party says that this time Priyanka Gandhi can be fielded from Amethi and Rahul Gandhi can be fielded from Rae Bareli seat.
In the first list of Congress, not only Uttar Pradesh but also the seats of Rajasthan and Maharashtra including Madhya Pradesh are important. Political experts say that the announcement of the candidate for Chhindwara seat of senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath in Madhya Pradesh will also be important. There is discussion whether Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath can get this seat this time. Similarly, people are curious about the names of candidates for some important seats in Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Political analyst and senior journalist GD Shukla says that this time there is suspense regarding the names of candidates in Congress also. Especially in Uttar Pradesh, the seats of Banaras including Rae Bareli and Amethi are important. Now it remains to be seen what is decided after the Election Committee meeting to be held on Thursday.
