Four days after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked the MPs of Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand to draw roadmaps to regain their support bases, AICC Odisha in-charge Jagdish Tytler here on Monday said candidates for the 2014 polls would be decided at the panchayat, block and district levels and not by any party leaders.
"This time, Rahulji is very clear that the tickets will not be decided by any leaders but only at the panchayat, Zilla Parishad, block and the district levels," Tytler said. Tytler, who arrived here on Monday, said he would discuss the candidate selection process with MPs and senior leaders of the party only after carrying out discussions with grassroots level leaders.
"I am here to do the exercise for districts this time. In my next trip, I'll start with the block level. Then, I will go to Zilla Parishads. later, I will hold discussions with MPs and senior leaders," added Tytler.
Gandhi during his interaction with party MPs is learnt to have asked leaders to reach out to various socio-religious and community leaders of different groups of tribals.