The Congress has convened a meeting on Tuesday to pick its candidate for the by-election in the Bhanupratappur Assembly (ST) constituency in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
The election was necessitated after the death of Congress MLA and Deputy Speaker Manoj Singh Mandavi.
The election will be held on December 5 and counting will follow on December 8.
Meanwhile, the Congress will hold a meeting under the chairmanship of AICC Chhattisgarh in-charge P.L. Punia on Tuesday to form a panel and to send it to the High Command in New Delhi, a Congress spokesperson said.
The widow of the late Manoj Mandavi, Savitri, as well as Viresh Thakur and Hemant Dhruv are vying to be candidates in the constituency. Savitri has quit government service to contest the polls.