First list to have 70-80 names on ‘safe’ seats where sitting MLAs, ex-mins have claimed candidature
All India Congress Committee (AICC) may release the first list of candidates for Rajasthan assembly election by the end of this month. The first list is likely to contain 70-80 names on ‘safe’ seats from where sitting MLAs, former ministers, MPs and senior party functionaries have claimed candidature.
Kumari Selja, chairperson of the screening committee, has taken feedback from Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) headed by PCC chief Sachin Pilot. Recently she held two meetings with senior leaders of the PEC in Jaipur and now the work of the panel is in its final stages and being wrapped up in New Delhi. The PEC, through a resolution, has already authorized party president Rahul Gandhi to finalise candidatures. Beside this, AICC secretaries incharge based on the survey have also drafted report on the panel of candidature.
The highly placed sources revealed that the decision over ticket distribution on all the seats have been done, but the party would release lists in a phased manner. “The first list is expected to be released by the end of this month.
Nearly 70-80 names have been finalised from the seats where candidature is clear without any dispute. These seats mainly have been claimed by senior leaders including sitting MLA, former MPS and ministers,” confirmed a senior party functionary informing about the development.
The leader further added the first list will be followed by two more lists. “Second list will be released by November 12 when the election commission will issue gazette notification of the election and the final list will be released not more than two days before the final day of nominations on November 19. The last list will be containing ‘disputed’ seats which have many candidates due to their proximity with the senior leaders who are lobbying for them aggressively. It happens in each election that candidature on such seats are ‘reserved’ till the last moment, i.e final day of notification, so that the rebels get no time to file nomination as an independent,” explained he.
Notably, the party has taken into consideration only the winnability factor to tick the names of the candidates. However, caste structure will also be taken into consideration before taking the final call. This election, the focus of the party is on embracing youth and nearly 33 per cent candidates are likely to be below 50 years of age, while 15-20 per cent seats may got to female candidates. The aspirants who lost two elections in row with a margin over 20,000 votes and the leaders who crossed 70 years may be sidelined.
Different Phases
The highly placed sources revealed that the decision over ticket distribution on all the seats have been done, but the party would release lists in a phased manner. “The first list is expected to be released by the end of this month. Nearly 70-80 names have been finalised from the seats where candidature is clear without any dispute. These seats mainly have been claimed by senior leaders including sitting MLA, former MPS and ministers,” confirmed a senior party functionary.
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