HARYANA CONG ENDS TALKS, BALL LOBBED TO CENTRAL COMMITTEE

The Congress party’s Central Elect ion Committee (CEC) is set for a high-stakes meeting on September 2-3 to finalise candidates for the crucial Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections.

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With the Screening Committee of Haryana, led by senior leader Ajay Maken, concluding its five-day marathon deliberations, the stage is now set for intense negotiations as the party brass works to balance competing factions within Haryana’s Congress unit.

After five days of discussions, the Screening Committee has prepared a list of proposed candidates for all 90 assembly seats in Haryana. These names will now be submitted to the CEC, chaired by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who will have the final say. The first list of candidates is expected to be released on Tuesday, September 3.

“The fifth-day meeting of the Screening Committee concluded today. Tomorrow, the Congress Election Committee will meet. The day after tomorrow, Congress will release its first list of candidates”, said Haryana Congress In-charge Deepak Babaria.