- For the 182-member Assembly, the Congress is expected to announce its first list of candidates by September-end.
- Chennithala has been appointed as the committee’s chairman and Maharashtra Congress leader Shivajirao Moghe and former Delhi MLA Jai Kishan are its members
Meeting the press in Ahmedabad today. pic.twitter.com/Lu67cKAlF9
— Ramesh Chennithala (@chennithala) September 6, 2022
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AHMEDABAD, SEP 6
A resurgent Congress has meticulously planned its candidates’ selection for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls to bounce back to power after 27 years as it is the ‘die or do battle’ for it.
કોંગ્રેસ જે કહે છે તે કરે છે. અને એટલે જ 2022માં સરકાર બનતાની સાથે જ ગુજરાતના યુવાનો,મહિલાઓ,વેપારીઓ,ખેડૂતો,નાના કર્મચારીઓ અને ગુજરાતની સામાન્ય પ્રજા માટે કામ કરીશું અને ગુજરાતમાં ખુશહાલી લાવીશું#RahulNa8Vachan pic.twitter.com/kbELcfTXUR
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) September 6, 2022
Speaking to media, state party’s screening committee chairman Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday said, “The Congress will give priority to youth and women in ticket distribution for the Gujarat Assembly elections due later this year. It will also give a chance to “new faces” in the state polls.”
આજ રોજ રાધનપુર મુકામે આયોજીત જલ ઝિલણી અગિયારસના પાવન પર્વ નિમિત્તે નીકળેલી ભવ્ય શોભાયાત્રામાં પ્રદેશ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી જગદીશભાઈ ઠાકોર ઉપસ્થિત રહ્યા. #Gujarat #Radhanpur #jagdishthakor #Jagdishthakormp@jagdishthakormp pic.twitter.com/Z78e7gk25C
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) September 6, 2022
Last month, the All India Congress Committee constituted a three-member screening committee to shortlist party candidates for the Gujarat polls due in December this year.
Shri @RahulGandhi met with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina earlier today and had a fruitful discussion
on a score of topics. pic.twitter.com/UvbjZ7oAgy— Congress (@INCIndia) September 6, 2022
Chennithala has been appointed as the committee’s chairman and Maharashtra Congress leader Shivajirao Moghe and former Delhi MLA Jai Kishan are its members.
Chaired the Screening Committee Meeting today in Gujarat PCC ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections in the state. Stressed on the importance of candidate selection. pic.twitter.com/PmW1q1iT9d
— Ramesh Chennithala (@chennithala) September 5, 2022
Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma, state party president Jagdish Thakor and Leader of Opposition Sukhram Rathva are ex officio members of the screening committee.
History will be scripted as we march to unite the country. 3500 km-long #BharatJodoYatra commences in Kanyakumari tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/XCh9jQiSwN
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 6, 2022
On Monday evening, the screening committee members held a joint meeting with the Congress’s Pradesh Election Committee, comprising 39 members including Sharma and Thakor, after Rahul Gandhi’s address to the booth-level workers in Ahmedabad.
शुभारंभ…#BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/rfkySL5gkI
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 6, 2022
“This time, we will give priority to new faces, youth and women in ticket distribution. Our list of candidates for the Gujarat polls this time will be an impressive one,” Chennithala told reporters here ahead of another meeting of the screening committee on Tuesday.
Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said, “Yesterday’s joint-meeting was more about getting familiar with each other and discussing various criteria which will be applied to finalise candidates.”
Visited Sabarmati Ashram and paid my respects to the Mahatma. As I wrote " Gandhiji is not the past,Gandhiji is the present and future. Humanity is blessed with the life of Mahatma." Was received warmly by the Director Atul Pandyaji. pic.twitter.com/JFlz4poFE9
— Ramesh Chennithala (@chennithala) September 6, 2022
On Tuesday, the screening committee will meet senior leaders and party in-charge of each Assembly seat to understand the ground situation before finalising the candidates, he said.
For the 182-member Assembly, the Congress is expected to announce its first list of candidates by September-end.
