Congress high command has cleared the names of 30-odd sitting members of legislative assembly (MLAs) for provision of party tickets ahead of the upcoming assembly polls.
A meeting of Central Election Committee was held on Monday at the residence of party president Sonia Gandhi. Besides party president, the meeting was also attended by Delhi Pradesh Congress chief Jai Prakash Agarwal, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and minister in PMO V Narayanaswamy.
Sources said that only those names have been cleared who figure very high on the performance list and have no criminal charges against them. A decision about the fate of the other 12 -odd sitting MLAs would be taken at the next meeting.
Last week the Congress screening committee headed by V Narayanaswamy had decided the criteria for selecting candidates.
Sources said that Sonia Gandhi has not cleared 12 sitting MLAs, whose performance was not up-to mark. Also, those candidates who have recently joined party with serious criminal charges against them, have no been cleared.
Agarwal said that the party has already prepared a panel of ‘winnable candidates’ for each of the 28 constituencies, where the Congress lost in the 2008 assembly polls.
‘I was not interested in announce the list of those candidates before the Diwali festival. This is because, those aspiring for tickets should enjoy the festivities,’ said Agarwal.
Agarwal added, ‘Congress has leaders with a very clean image, therefore I don’t feel any sort of problems would arise ahead of selection for those 28 candidates. However, those ticket aspirants, who lost in the last assembly election by margin of 1,000 votes, will not be considered.
At the last meeting of the screening committee the issue of those MLAs with criminal cases against them had been raised. Members had pointed out that MLA from Jangpura Talvinder Singh Marwah, MLA from Badli and a few others have cases against them.
Meanwhile, the Mehrauli District Congress Committee on Monday held a big rally at DDA ground, Dwarka.
Thousands of villagers and farmers, attended the rally. The rally was addressed by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Jai Prakash Agarwal, MP and Ramesh Kumar, MP. The rally was presided over by District Congress Committee president Ranjit Yadav.
A meeting of Central Election Committee was held on Monday at the residence of party president Sonia Gandhi. Besides party president, the meeting was also attended by Delhi Pradesh Congress chief Jai Prakash Agarwal, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and minister in PMO V Narayanaswamy.
Sources said that only those names have been cleared who figure very high on the performance list and have no criminal charges against them. A decision about the fate of the other 12 -odd sitting MLAs would be taken at the next meeting.
Last week the Congress screening committee headed by V Narayanaswamy had decided the criteria for selecting candidates.
Sources said that Sonia Gandhi has not cleared 12 sitting MLAs, whose performance was not up-to mark. Also, those candidates who have recently joined party with serious criminal charges against them, have no been cleared.
Agarwal said that the party has already prepared a panel of ‘winnable candidates’ for each of the 28 constituencies, where the Congress lost in the 2008 assembly polls.
‘I was not interested in announce the list of those candidates before the Diwali festival. This is because, those aspiring for tickets should enjoy the festivities,’ said Agarwal.
Agarwal added, ‘Congress has leaders with a very clean image, therefore I don’t feel any sort of problems would arise ahead of selection for those 28 candidates. However, those ticket aspirants, who lost in the last assembly election by margin of 1,000 votes, will not be considered.
At the last meeting of the screening committee the issue of those MLAs with criminal cases against them had been raised. Members had pointed out that MLA from Jangpura Talvinder Singh Marwah, MLA from Badli and a few others have cases against them.
Meanwhile, the Mehrauli District Congress Committee on Monday held a big rally at DDA ground, Dwarka.
Thousands of villagers and farmers, attended the rally. The rally was addressed by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Jai Prakash Agarwal, MP and Ramesh Kumar, MP. The rally was presided over by District Congress Committee president Ranjit Yadav.