The Congress is not in a hurry. The party will wait for the declaration of candidates by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Congress will declare the list of candidates thereafter, said All India Congress Committee, Screening Committee Chief for Chhattisgarh, Bhubaneswar Kalita on Sunday.
Kalita, who arrived at state capital on a two-day visit to the state on Sunday, while talking to some selected media persons here at State Congress Office Rajiv Bhawan, made the statement while answering on a query about delay in declaration of Congress candidates.
With the statement of Kalita it is now quite clear that Congress has now moved towards to adopt the wait and watch policy.
It would wait for the declaration of candidates of BJP and keeping in view, the caste equations and other influencing factors on voters, would like field the candidates accordingly.
Meanwhile, after arrival to capital, Kalita took a meeting of Election Committee on Sunday afternoon and thereafter had close door one-to-one talk with the senior leaders of state Congress.
He had also held discussion to know their views about the names in the panel prepared by the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee.