Swiping at fielding the wife and the son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, chief minister Dr Raman Singh on Tuesday said that it was the tradition of the Congress to give ticket to family members.
Talking to journalists, on being asked about fielding his son Abhishek Singh in the election, the chief minister said that Abhishek would not fight the election. In fact, he would tour the entire state and campaign in favour of the party candidates, he added.
In BJP, declaration of 23 candidates is still remains, but the chief minister said that all the remaining names would be declared in two-three days. Meanwhile, the claimants of tickets for the remaining 23 seats have been continuously meeting the party leaders. Many big leaders, including assembly deputy speaker Narayan Chandel are facing trouble in getting ticket.
The central poll panel has given the responsibility of selecting candidates for these seats to the party national president Rajnath Singh. He will declare the names of candidates after discussion with the leaders of the state. No separate poll panel meeting would be held for it.
According to party sources, the state leaders were working on the strategy of selecting candidates after seeing the list of the Congress.