Congress not to give poll tickets to those who lost twice in past

Gujarat Congress today said that it will not give tickets for the upcoming assembly polls to those candidates who have earlier lost elections twice.

Besides, tickets will also not be given to those who have lost by a margin of over 20,000 votes last time.

These decisions were taken in a core committee meeting of the state Congress party that was held here today.

“From next week the party will start forming panels of names for each of 182 assembly seats in the state,” state Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki said after the meeting.

As per the Congress party candidate selection process, the panel of names is sent to central leadership, which picks up the final name of candidate.

The panel might have two to three names per seat.

“We have decided not to give tickets to those claimants who have lost two assembly elections in the past,” Solanki said.

“We have also decided not to give tickets to those who have lost by a margin of 20,000 or more votes in the last assembly polls,” Solanki said adding that winnability is the criteria.

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