Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) has formed a Legal Cell for assisting the candidates in complaints against them in Election Commission and in police cases during the process of polls.
The Cell will provide legal advice to the candidates contesting polls.
Party sources informed that the Cell comprises former MLA and senior Congress leader, Ramesh Varlyani, former Mayor, Kiranmayi Nayak, Working President Legal Cell of CGPCC, K.K. Shukla, senior advocates Shivchand Gupta and Faizal Rizvi. The other members in the Cell include Manoj Thakur, Dewa Dewangan, R.S. Bambra and Afsar Ali. This Cell would have round-the-clock contact with all the district headquarters and will provide advice to the candidates in the matter related to Election Commission and legal matters, sources said.