NEW DELHI:
Former Union Minister and Congress general secretary Ajay Maken is likely to be named Chairman of the party’s campaign committee and will contest Delhi assembly election as a meeting of Congress Election Committee chaired by Sonia Gandhi today finalized candidates for 39 more seats.
Sources said Maken would be the face of the party for Delhi Assembly polls 2014 and is among the three former MPs who will be fielded by the party in the state polls.
The other two are former Union Minister Krishna Tirath and former MP Mahabal Mishra.
With the CEC zeroing in on 39 candidates today, nominees for 63 assembly segments stand decided by the party for the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
A senior party functionary, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said some more discussion is required on choice of candidates for the remaining seven seats.
The second list of 39 candidates could be out soon.
Breaking with the past practice, Congress has this time taken a decision to announce candidates early. The party had planned to declare its candidates for all 70 seats by the time election dates are announced. (AGENCIES)
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