Continuous meetings are going on in Congress regarding candidate selection. The meeting was held again on Sunday at CM House. In which discussions continued till late night among the party leaders to prepare the panel for candidate selection. It has been decided in the meeting that the tickets of the ministers will not be cut. However, according to sources, there is still doubt regarding two ministers, while the tickets of 14 MLAs are also in danger.
In the meeting, discussion took place between state in-charge Kumari Selja, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Deputy CM TS Singhdev, PCC President Deepak Baij and Assembly Speaker Charandas Mahanta. During this time, the process of preparing the panel for the seats of Bastar and Bilaspur divisions continued till late night. During this, discussions were held regarding candidate selection especially in the seats of Kanker, Jagdalpur, Narayanpur, Bilha, Takhatpur and Samari of Surguja division. Opinions were also taken from the officials.
Feedback was also taken from senior leaders and officials regarding the contenders for different assembly seats of the divisions. According to information received from sources, many officials were called directly to CM House for division-wise discussions. According to the information, a fresh discussion was held regarding the panel prepared on the seats of Bastar and Bilaspur divisions
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14 MLAs and 2 ministers in danger zone
In the screening committee meeting, there was a panel of single names from many places, but a lot of difference was found between the survey report of Delhi and the report here. It is being said that out of the 14 MLAs whose survey reports have come out bad, some of them had only single panel of names. At the same time, efforts are also being made to manage the two ministers whose tickets were being cut in other seats.
Screening Committee Chairman Ajay Maken has given clear instructions to senior leaders. It has been said that with the new panel being prepared, only the confidential report of the ruling organization and the feedback received at the local level will be kept in mind in any seat.
There was also discussion regarding Priyanka’s visit.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is arriving in Bhilai on 21st September to attend the Women’s Conference. In the meeting held last night, there was a discussion among senior leaders regarding Priyanka’s visit and there was also talk of fixing the responsibilities of ministers, MLAs and officials regarding the visit.
