Congress to release first list of names for Maha assembly polls on October 20

Preparing for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress will be holding a Central Election Committee meeting on October 20 to finalise the list of candidates for the state, Congress leaders confirmed.

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The party’s Maharasthra Election Screening Committee held a meeting at Delhi’s Himachal Bhawan on Wednesday. The party’s state in-charge Ramesh Chennithala, President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat, Leader of Opposition Vijay Waadettiwar and Satej Patil attended the meeting.

After the conclusion of the screening meeting yesterday, the party’s in-charge for the assembly elections, Ramesh Chennithala said, “We will have one more meeting on 20th October and everything will be finalised...CEC meeting is on 20th October.”