Cong for ‘one ticket, one family’
Wednesday, 09/11/2016
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New Delhi : Finalising the criteria for nomination of candidates, the Congress today said there would be no guarantees of incumbent MLAs being repeated in their seats unless the winnability factor favours them.
Congress’ Punjab in-charge Asha Kumari told The Tribune that the party had decided to field only one candidate from one political family in Punjab and bar sitting MLAs from swapping seats on grounds that they cannot win from their incumbent segments. Swapping will only be allowed for 34 reserved Assembly segments in the state, if required.
With these criteria on the table, the Congress today scheduled the first meeting of the Punjab Election Committee for November 19 and 20 to short list candidates for Punjab screening committee which former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot chairs.
The screening committee held its first meeting in Delhi today with PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh informing Gehlot that the PEC would be ready with the short list of candidates by November 20 after which the screening panel will formally meet.
Party rule bars ticket to new entrants: Bajwa
Chandigarh: Former PPCC chief and Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa today advocated a three-year cooling off period for new entrants to the party before giving them the party ticket. Referring to the party's 2013 "Chintan Shivir" in Jaipur, where a resolution on three-year cooling period to new entrants was adopted, he said the interest of the party cadre would not be bartered at any cost. Be it leaders from the SAD, AAP or the BJP, the turncoats should not be given the party ticket at the cost of the leaders who have been working hard for 10 to 20 years," said the MP. rajmeet singh
