NCP’s first list, manifesto after Diwali

The Nationalist Congress Party has said it will release the first list of candidates, along with its manifesto for Delhi assembly polls after Diwali festival.

‘The manifesto as well as the first list of candidates will now be released shortly after Diwali. We were earlier planning to release manifesto before Diwali, but some more time is required to prepare it,’ Delhi NCP chief Kanwar Pratap Singh said at a press conference here today.

The party said it will field candidates on all 70 seats.

‘We will field candidates on all 70 constituencies, and for every seat we have 3-4 applications,’ Singh said.

He said party president Sharad Pawar and general secretary Tariq Anwar want tickets to be given to only those who carry clean image and are acceptable to every section of people.