Congress To Discipline Younger And New Candidates

Congress will announce the primary checklist of its candidates for the upcoming Goa polls.

Panaji:

The Congress would announce the primary checklist of its candidates for the upcoming Goa polls by the top of this month, state get together president Girish Chodankar stated on Sunday and added {that a} bulk of the nominees could be younger and new.

Addressing a press convention, Mr Chodankar iterated that MLAs who had defected and joined different events is not going to be thought of.

“The method of short-listing candidates for the Goa polls will collect momentum because the AICC has introduced a screening committee for Goa. At the least 70 to 80 per cent of Congress’ candidates will probably be younger and new,” he stated.

Elections are due in Goa in February subsequent yr.

Mr Chodankar stated block committees of the get together will probably be taken into confidence whereas deciding the candidates.

“Extra significance could be given to the candidates really useful by the block committees in respective constituencies,” he stated.

The Congress chief refused to touch upon a pre-poll alliance with like-minded events.

Within the 2017 Goa Meeting polls, the Congress had received the best 17 seats within the 40-member Home limiting the BJP at 13. Nevertheless, the BJP allied with regional parties- GFP and MGP- to kind a authorities below the late Manohar Parrikar.

Over years, the Congress’ power dwindled to 4 as many MLAs converted to the ruling BJP. Faleiro not too long ago joined TMC.

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