Cong discusses candidates for Rajasthan polls, Kharge says people will ‘bless us’ due to good governance

PTI, Oct 18, 2023, 12:36 PM IST

The Congress leadership on Wednesday discussed the probable candidates for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge expressing confidence that the party would return to power on the back of good governance in the state in the last five years.

The party’s Central Election Committee, chaired by AICC chief Kharge, held a meeting to deliberate on the names of candidates for the November 25 polls in the desert state.

Kharge, former Congress presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, AICC in-charge of state Sukhjinder Randhawa, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief Govind Dotasra, general secretary organisation K C Venugopal, party’s Rajasthan screening committee chief Gaurav Gogoi, among others, attended the meeting.

In a post in Hindi on X, Kharge said, ”Savings, relief, growth, protection and upliftment, this is how Rajasthan changed due to good governance of Congress!” ”We are confident that the public will bless us again. Today an important meeting of the Central Election Committee was held on Rajasthan,” he said.

The screening committee has held discussions on the names of the candidates on all seats.

The Congress is looking to buck the revolving door trend in Rajasthan and retain power.

While polling for the Rajasthan polls would take place on November 25, votes would be counted on December 3.