The Congress Central Election Committee’s (CEC) assembly was referred to as on Sunday to debate the social gathering’s candidates for Bihar and Odisha within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The CEC additionally deliberated upon the candidates for the Odisha Meeting polls.
In accordance with sources, the names of Mohammad Jawed and Tariq Anwar had been cleared for Bihar’s Kishanganj and Katihar Lok Sabha seats, respectively. Jawed is the sitting MP from Kishanganj.
In the meantime, discussions on the Bhagalpur seat had been placed on maintain, sources added.
The assembly was attended by social gathering chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajya Sabha MP and former social gathering chief Sonia Gandhi, and different members of the CEC.
In Bihar, the Congress is contesting with different allies of the INDIA bloc, which primarily consists of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), CPI, CP(M) and CPI(ML) Liberation, amongst others.
As a part of the seat-sharing formula, the RJD shall be contesting 26 seats. The Congress has received 9 seats, adopted by three by the CPI(ML) Liberation, and one every by the CPI and CPI(M).
Among the many seats given to the Congress are Kishanganj and adjoining Katihar. Kishanganj is Bihar’s lone Muslim-majority constituency, which the social gathering has been successful for a while, whereas in Katihar, Tariq Anwar Anwar misplaced in 2019, having gained in 2014 on an NCP ticket.
Lok Sabha elections for the 40 seats in Bihar shall be held in seven phases on April 19, 26, Might 7, 13, 20, 25, and June 1, respectively. Votes shall be counted on June 4.
Within the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress gained just one seat within the state whereas the RJD and Left events drew a clean. The NDA alliance — BJP and Janata Dal (United) — swept the polls and gained 17 and 16 seats, respectively.
