A large numbers of ticket aspirants thronged the Congress Bhawan, headquarter of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) on Monday as more than 4700 applicants submitted their resume to get the party nod to contest as Congress candidate in the upcoming State Assembly Elections.
JPCC Election Screening Committee demanded application from the party workers who are interested in contesting the elections.
The party is following its strategy it had implemented in the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, the party has demanded applications from senior leaders also who had recently contested Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing media after the meeting JPCC Chief, Rameshwar Oraon said that a screening committee has been constituted to select candidates from a panels of four to five candidates from a seat.
“We have demanded names from all 81 seats of the State Assembly. Talk for alliance is going on. The party will announce the name of candidates after allocation of seats under the alliance.
Even 25 applications came from East Jamshedpur which is seat of Chief Minister Raghubar Das which shows discontentment among people against the State Government,” said Oraon.
Leader of Congress Legislative Party, Alam Gir Alam said that the committee held a discussion for all seats and the party workers were very excited during the meeting. “Talks on seat sharing is on last stage with alliance partners and we will come forward soon with the name of the candidates,” he added.
A press release issued by JPCC Spokesperson Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo informed that the party Election Committee will recommend the name of candidates. “A meeting will be possibly held on November 6.Minister of Chhatisgarh Government, TS Singhdeo is Chairman of the committee whereas JPCC Incharge, RPN Singh, Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Umang Senghar is co Incharge, JPCC president Rameshwar Oraon, Alam Gir Alam are other member of the committee,” he added.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on last Friday announced elections in five phases in Jharkhand, thereby enforcing the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) across the State from 5 pm on Friday.
Elections for the 81 assembly segments here will be held from November 30 to December 20, and the votes will be counted on December 23, the ECI said.
The voting for the five phases here will be held on November 30, December 7, December 12, December 16 and December 20, the ECI said. Jharkhand has a total of 2.26 crore electorates, the ECI added.