The Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of All India Congress Committee (AICC) held at national capital remained inconclusive over finalizing the 72 names as a third list of the party for the assembly polls scheduled to be held next month in the State.
The meeting was decided to be convened once again to deliberate over names for over a dozen of seats where consensus has not been made.
Chhattisgarh In-charge of AICC P.L. Punia informed media persons that the committee members failed to arrive at any consensus over the names of candidates for the third and final list of the party and hence they (CEC) members will again hold a meeting afresh on October 26 to finalize the names after detailed deliberations.
Notably, the party in two separate lists had till now declared the names of 18 candidates for the elections in the first phase for which the last date of filing the nomination papers ended on Tuesday.
Congress is yet to declare 72 names for which screening committee has already submitted its report to the CEC in capital. The CEC held a meeting in national capital on Tuesday but failed to come to any conclusion over more than a dozen of seats.