Congress leaders meet to discuss seat-sharing in Lok Sabha polls
The Hindu
Top Congress leaders meet to discuss seat-sharing arrangements and potential candidates for upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
Top Congress leaders on Monday met at the residence of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the finalisation of seat-sharing arrangements with various parties of the INDIA bloc.
Sources said the Congress president discussed with Sonia Gandhi the names of party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Ms. Gandhi and party treasurer Ajay Maken are among the likely candidates, they added.
The former Congres president is the frontrunner for the Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh that will fall vacant after BJP chief J.P. Nadda’s tenure ends this April. Her name is also doing the rounds for a Rajasthan seat as former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure is about to end.
The Congress is yet to announce any candidate for the biennial elections for 56 seats from 15 States. The last date for filing nominations is February 15 and elections will be held on February 27.
Ms. Gandhi may be nominated by the party for the lone seat from Himachal Pradesh as she is unlikely to contest the Lok Sabha polls this time. She had stated during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls that it was the last time she was contesting in the general elections.
Among others present at Mr. Kharge’s residence were AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal, Mr. Maken, Mukul Wasnik, who is the convener of the party’s alliance committee, and Salman Khurshid.
The Congress is finalising seat-sharing talks with other like-minded parties, including DMK in Tamil Nadu, JMM in Jharkhand, RJD in Bihar and NCP and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
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