SCREENING COMMITTEE MEETING TO FINALISE CANDIDATE OF CONGRESS FROM GARHWAL UNDER PROGRESS IN DELHI

While the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party has already cleared its candidates on three parliamentary seats out of five in Uttarakhand repeating them this time as well keeping the suspence on two seats, Pauri GARHWAL and Haridwar where the political future of two sitting MPs seems to be at stake viz both former CMs Tirath Singh Rawat and Trivendra Singh Rawat , the Congress has not declared its single candidate from any of the five parliamentary constituencies so far held by BJP. However, in Delhi the screening committee meeting of the Congress party has started today to finalise the candidates by shortlisting them. The incharge of Uttarakhand Congress senior leader n former union minister Kumari Shailja, Uttarakhand Congress president Karan Mahara and leader of the opposition in Uttarakhand assembly Yashpal Arya will also be present in this meeting. According to the latest reports the screening committee with shortlist the candidates from each constituencies to two and send the list finally to the Central Election Committee to finalise the candidates at the earliest. Usually in Congress due to internal differences and squabbles the candidates are declared or finalised on the last day of withdrawal. This has been the usual practice and the candidates do not get enough time to campaign leading to defeats. The BJP’s first list of 195 candidates have already been out and the Congress leaders are busy in Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra of Rahul Gandhi leaving their state leaders and candidates in lurch. The chief election committee to finalise the Congress candidates of Uttarakhand will be held on 7 th March . It is believed that after finalisation of the names of all the candidates the first list will be released shortly. Till now there were in total fourt aspirants for tickets from five lok sabha constituencies and some must have applied later, but it is believed that the screening committee would be squeezing the list to two candidates or three from every constituency leaving the choice on the CEC.