Cong’s poll body meets to finalise first list of candidates for general elections

The top leadership of the Congress is attending a meeting in the national capital on Thursday to finalise the party’s candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi and general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, as well as other senior leaders who are part of the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) were present at the meeting.

Finalising candidates for Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim and Manipur, among others, is expected to be discussed during the meeting.