Top Congress leaders on Tuesday discussed the names of probable candidates for the Bihar assembly elections at a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge along with AICC general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal and party treasurer Ajay Maken were present at the meeting. Rahul Gandhi joined the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting virtually.
Sources said the party discussed more than 50 candidates for assembly seats on which the party is likely to contest the polls.
The Congress is likely to get a lesser number of seats than the last time due to its dismal performance in the 2020 assembly polls, when it won 19 out of 70 seats it contested.
“Today, in the presence of Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Shri Rahul Gandhi, and Congress General Secretary (Organization) Shri
K C Venugopal, an important meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) related to the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections