Highlights: Rahul Gandhi to fight Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad, Amethi seat uncertain
Congress Lok Sabha poll list Highlights: Congress holds a meeting to decide the first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Congress Lok Sabha poll list Highlights: The Congress convened a meeting of the party's central election committee on Thursday to finalise the first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls....Read More
Congress committee hands over draft manifesto for Lok Sabha polls
Meanwhile, the Congress manifesto committee, headed by former finance minister P Chidambaram, has prepared a draft manifesto for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The draft was presented to Congress president Kharge which will be presented to CEC for further discussion and finalisation.
For the first time, Congress is set to include the "right to employment" for youths in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. The draft manifesto is formulated by the committee led by former union minister P Chidambaram and includes committee members- Shashi Tharoor, K Raju, Gurdeep Sappal, and Imran Pratapgarhi.
"Our draft manifesto based on 'NYAY' for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections is ready and was presented to me today by the Congress manifesto committee," Kharge said on Wednesday.
The Lok Sabha elections are anticipated to take place in April-May this year.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 11:00:57 PM IST
Congress Lok Sabha poll list LIVE Updates: Baghel, Pilot asked to contest Lok Sabha Polls
Former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupsesh Baghel and former deputy CM of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot have been asked to contest the Lok Sabha polls.
- 7 Mar 2024, 10:37:59 PM IST
Congress Lok Sabha poll list LIVE Updates: Discussion was good, says Sachin Pilot
Congress Lok Sabha poll list LIVE Updates: Congress leader Sachin Pilot said, "It was a good discussion. Discussion was held on all the seats. As soon as CEC decides, you will be told. Whatever decision is taken AICC will brief..."
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- 7 Mar 2024, 10:24:07 PM IST
Congress Lok Sabha poll list LIVE Updates: It's Shashi Tharoor vs Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Thiruvananthapuram
Congress Lok Sabha poll list LIVE Updates: Shashi Tharoor to contest Thiruvananthapuram seat against BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar in 2024 Lok Sabha Election.
- 7 Mar 2024, 10:04:49 PM IST
Congress Lok Sabha poll list LIVE Updates: Will Rahul Gandhi fight only from Wayanad?
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: According to sources, candidates for Uttar Pradesh were not decided in the meeting. Thus, it is unclear if Gandhi will not contest for 2nd seat as Amethi.
In the 2019 general elections, he was defeated in his long-time bastion of Amethi by Smriti Irani.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 09:57:11 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi's name confirmed from Wayanad
Rahul Gandhi to fight Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad, Congress's poll body decides
- 7 Mar 2024, 09:47:52 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Telangana CM also present in poll body's meet
Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy reached the party headquarters to attend the CEC (Central Election Committee) meeting of the Congress, in New Delhi.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 09:41:45 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: 7 seats of Telangana cleared
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Only 7 seats of Telangana cleared. The remaining seats will be taken up in the Congress screening committee meeting on Thursday.
- 7 Mar 2024, 09:38:45 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi joins meet virtually
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi has joined the meeting via Zoom.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 09:22:47 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Which states' candidates will be decided today?
7 states of North East, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Delhi seats are being discussed.
- 7 Mar 2024, 08:04:20 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Poll body meets to finalise first list of candidates for general elections
The top leadership of the Congress is attending a meeting in the national capital on Thursday to finalise the party's candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi and general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, as well as other senior leaders who are part of the Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) were present at the meeting.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 07:35:05 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Brass huddle to select candidates for Lok Sabha
- 7 Mar 2024, 07:28:58 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Key meet begins
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: The crucial meeting to select candidates for the Lok Sabha polls has commenced at AICC headquarters in New Delhi.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 07:00:42 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Candidates stack claim
Congress MLA Irfan Ansari showed his desire to contest Lok Sabha elections from Jharkhand’s Godda Lok Sabha constituency.
“There could be no better candidate than Furkan Ansari from Godda Lok Sabha constituency, but I would request the party’s high command to consider me as a contender as well. I have expressed my desire to contest for Lok Sabha elections from Godda and I am sure that I will be able to defeat Nishikant Dubey (sitting BJP MP).”
- 7 Mar 2024, 06:28:09 PM IST
‘Congress will not get more than 30 to 40 Lok Sabha seats,' Himanta's sharp attack
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the Congress will not get more than 30 to 40 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and post elections there will be a decline of the grand old party.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 05:49:12 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra reaches Gujarat
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered Gujarat from neighbouring Rajasthan on Thursday and the Congress leader was welcomed by local leaders and workers of his party as well as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The yatra reached Jhalod town of Dahod district in Gujarat from Rajasthan around 4.45 pm.
- 7 Mar 2024, 05:47:58 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Shashi Tharoor on possible clash with Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: On Lok Sabha elections and his Parliamentary constituency Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, "First, it is a three-cornered contest because the Communists have already named their candidate. Don't forget that I took the seat from the Communist Party and the gentleman who is the candidate now, was the sitting MP when I came into the fray. He did not contest again at that time and it has now been 15 years that he is out of the fray...BJP has come second in the last two Lok Sabha elections. So, they have to be taken seriously...I am hoping it will be a fair and gentlemanly electoral contest. I don't think that I have needed, in my 15 years in politics, to ever attack any of my critics. I welcome them all, I welcome the opponents. Let the public decide who they want to represent them in Delhi."
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- 7 Mar 2024, 04:54:15 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi promises to go tougher on paper leaks if voted to power
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: If Congress is voted power in the Lok Sabha elections, 30 lakh vacant government posts will be filled and a law would be enacted to curb government recruitment examination question paper leaks, Rahul Gandhi said addressing a gathering during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
- 7 Mar 2024, 04:06:39 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: BJP has already announced names for 195 seats
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: BJP on Saturday announced the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Read here: BJP Lok Sabha 2024 candidates: Check full list of 195 names here
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- 7 Mar 2024, 03:36:13 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Manifesto ready, to be put up for discussion
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: The core of the Congress draft manifesto centres around the "Paanch-nyay" (five pillars of justice) pledged by the Congress during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi, according to sources.
The party's manifesto is set to emphasise a legal guarantee for the minimum support price and advocate for a caste-based census to fill government vacancies. Additionally, it is expected to prioritise welfare measures, including financial assistance to marginalised sections of society, ensuring their access to justice, and their inclusion in state welfare initiatives.
- 7 Mar 2024, 03:14:36 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi woos farmers with promise of legal status to MSP
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: In the run-up to Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promises a legal guarantee on MSP to farmers, social security for gig workers and ₹5,000 cr fund for startups, if voted into power.
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- 7 Mar 2024, 03:01:01 PM IST
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: CEC to convene at 6pm today
Congress CEC meeting LIVE Updates: “The first meeting of INC India Central Election Committee(CEC) that considers and decides on candidates for Lok Sabha polls is being held at 6pm on March 7,” said Jairam Ramesh.