All India Congress Committee (AICC) Chief Rahul Gandhi held a crucial meeting with party’s Chhattisgarh State leadership in New Delhi on Friday evening.
The meeting finalized Rahul Gandhi’s tour programme to Chhattisgarh along with chalking out of poll campaign strategy.
Followed by call from AICC Chief, senior leaders from the State, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Bhupesh Baghel, former Union Minister Charandas Mahant, Leader of Opposition in Chhattisgarh Assembly, T.S. Singhdeo, Working President of CGPCC, Shiv Kumar Daharia reached the national capital.
The Screening Committee Chief for the State, Bhubaneswar Kalita and Chhattisgarh In-charge of AICC P L Punia also discussed with State leaders about the panels of tickets aspirants and it was decided to release the first list of candidates as soon as possible, sources said.
Earlier, Punia took one-to-one meeting at his residence with the state leaders to discuss the state of affairs after the sting operation.
The sting operation had allegedly exposed deal of poll tickets for two of the assembly constituencies. As the polls are close by and the Congress is entangled in a sensitive matter, the party is deliberating all pros and cons before taking a final decision over the issue and formulating a future strategy accordingly, sources said.