Congress central election committee to meet on Mar 7, finalise party candidates for LS polls
New Delhi(PTI): Top Congress leadership is likely to deliberate and finalise the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections when the party's central election committee meets here on March 7.
So far, the BJP has taken a headway by declaring 195 party candidates even when the election dates are yet to be announced.
Congress sources said the party is likely to declare its first list of candidates soon to enable the candidate to start their poll campaign.
Several states have already held meetings of their respective screening committees and have forwarded the list of candidates for seats in their states.
These will be finalised by the top party leadership in the central election committee meet. Chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, the committee also includes former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, besides AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and T S Singhdeo, among others.
Meanwhile, the screening committee for Rajasthan met here this afternoon and forwarded the list of party candidates for the state's 25 Lok Sabha seats.
"We had a good meeting. We are finalising the names from various states. A meeting of CEC will be held on March 7 and it is expected that a good number of candidates will be declared after that," Sachin Pilot said after the Rajasthan screening committee meeting.
"It was good meeting and there is a good environment in our support. We are strengthening the INDIA bloc. The alliance has been finalised in some states and in future we will finalise the alliance in some other states as well," he said.
Asked if he would contest the polls, Pilot said the decision to contest or not is taken by the CEC.
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UP: Teen girl found hanging from tree; locals claim rape, murder
Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): The body of a 19-year-old woman was found hanging from a tree in a village under the Manikpur police station area here on Sunday morning, police said.
According to the police, the woman had gone to sleep after dinner on Saturday night but was found hanging in an orchard nearly 400 metres away from her home the following morning.
Additional Superintendent of Police (West), Brijnandan Rai, stated that the circumstances suggest foul play.
"The victim's slippers and undergarments were recovered 50 metres away from the spot where the body was found. There are visible injury marks on her body," Rai said.
While locals have alleged that the woman was murdered after being raped, the ASP said that it is "prima facie a case of murder."
"Based on the complaint filed by the victim's brother, a case of murder has been registered against unidentified persons. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination," the officer added.
Police further clarified that if the medical report confirms sexual assault, relevant sections will be added to the FIR.
Forensic experts and police teams have collected evidence from the spot and are investigating the matter from all angles.
