Congress finalises 85 seats for M’rashtra polls

New Delhi: With less than a month left for the 288-member Maharashtra assembly elections, the Central Election Committee of the Congress on Thursday discussed over 45 seats taking the total number of finalised candidates to 85.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting was held at the residence of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, which was attended by several party leaders such as Ahmed Patel, Ambika Sonia, Joytiraditya Scindia, Mallikarjun Kharge, K.C. Venugopal, Veerappa Moily, Balasaheb Thorat and several others.
After the meeting, Tharot told IANS, “Today we finalised over 45 seats taking the total number of finalised candidates to 85.” Tharot, who is also the Maharashtra Congress chief, said the party would clear the candidates for all the assembly seats in the coming days.
“The party’s Screening Committee will meet again to discuss the candidates for the rest of the seats soon,” he said, adding the party will contest over 150 seats.
The Congress and the NCP have decided to contest 125 seats each, leaving the rest for smaller allies.
The Election Commission on Saturday announced assembly polls in the state on October 21. The vote count will take place on October 24, it said.