“Telangana Assembly Elections: Congress CEC Holds Meeting on Candidate Names, Kharge Chairs the Session”

In the Congress Party’s Central Election Committee, discussions regarding the selection of candidates for Telangana took place once again today. The party has so far announced the names of 55 candidates. Mallikarjun Kharge chaired this meeting.

New Delhi: The voting for the Telangana Legislative Assembly elections is just about a month away, but the Congress Party is still deliberating on the candidates. The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Congress readdressed discussions on the selection of candidates for the Telangana Legislative Assembly elections on Friday. A meeting regarding Telangana was also held by the Congress CEC on Wednesday.

Congress has announced candidates for 55 seats out of the total 119 in Telangana. Deliberations are ongoing for the remaining seats. The CEC meeting on Friday, chaired by Kharge, included Sonia Gandhi, the former party president, K.C. Venugopal, the party’s organization secretary, Manik Rao Thakre, the Telangana in-charge, Revanth Reddy, the president of the State Congress Committee, and several other leaders.

One month remains for voting in Telangana

In Telangana, voting for all 119 Legislative Assembly seats will take place on November 30, with the vote counting scheduled for December 3. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is the ruling party in the state. Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are making efforts to challenge the TRS. In the previous legislative assembly elections held in 2018, the TRS (formerly known as TRS) won 88 seats and retained its power. In contrast, Congress secured 19 seats, and AIMIM won seven seats. BJP had to be content with just one seat.

Congress has appointed Ajay Kumar as the communication in-charge for the Telangana elections.

As per a party statement, Kumar will take complete responsibility for communication, including media, social media, and the “war room,” in the Telangana Legislative Assembly elections. Voting for the 119 Legislative Assembly seats in Telangana is scheduled for November 30, with vote counting taking place on December 3.