Congress announces ‘primary’ to choose candidate for New Delhi Lok Sabha seat
In keeping with party vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s plan of holding ‘Primaries’ for the selection of the Lok Sabha candidates for some seats, All India Congress Committee on Saturday announced the opening of the exercise for the New Delhi parliamentary constituency.
Gandhi’s proposal aims to empower grassroots Congress workers by allowing them a say in the selection of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, party sources said.
‘In the first phase, the prima ries project has been started for the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat. The project will soon be launched in the North-East Lok Sabha constituency as well.
‘With this project, local party workers can choose their Lok Sabha candidates,’ said Netta D’Souza, the returning officer for the exercise.
‘For conducting the election, a voters’ list will first be prepared. Office bearers of NSUI, Congress Mahila Sangathan, Vyapar Mandal and Zilla Parishads can register themselves as voters for the same at the website, primaries.nic.in,’ said Hari Shankar Gupta, Delhi’s in charge for the project.
Gandhi’s proposal aims to empower grassroots Congress workers by allowing them a say in the selection of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, party sources said.
‘In the first phase, the prima ries project has been started for the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat. The project will soon be launched in the North-East Lok Sabha constituency as well.
‘With this project, local party workers can choose their Lok Sabha candidates,’ said Netta D’Souza, the returning officer for the exercise.
‘For conducting the election, a voters’ list will first be prepared. Office bearers of NSUI, Congress Mahila Sangathan, Vyapar Mandal and Zilla Parishads can register themselves as voters for the same at the website, primaries.nic.in,’ said Hari Shankar Gupta, Delhi’s in charge for the project.