Youth flavour in Congress list of candidates for Meghalaya
The Hindu
Former Union Minister Vincent H. Pala, 11 former MLAs, 10 women and a former policeman-turned-extremist are among 55 fielded by the party
Congress on Wednesday announced a ‘youthful’ list of candidates for the February 27 Assembly elections in Meghalaya.
More than 20 candidates figuring in the first list of 55 candidates are first-timers and 10, including former minister Deborah C. Marak are women.
The party is expected to name the candidates for the remaining five seats later.
According to the list, State Congress president Vincent H. Pala would contest from the Sutnga-Saipung Assembly constituency. A former Union Minister, he represents the Shillong parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha.
“We have presented a youthful list with 33 young candidates, many of whom are highly educated and have a good professional background,” Bobbeeta Sharma, Congress media coordinator for Meghalaya said on Thursday.
The list has a total of 11 former MLAs. They include Saleng A. Sangma, who resigned as the Nationalist Congress Party legislator and joined Congress on January 23 and former minister Sayeedullah Nongrum.
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