Congress likely to finalise some candidates for Bihar polls on Monday

Congress is likely to finalise some of its candidates for Bihar assembly poll on Monday when party's central election committee may meet virtually.

Congress Screening Committee on Bihar met here on Sunday and is learnt to have discussed names of probable candidates for upcoming elections in state.

meeting of screening panel, headed by Avinash Pande, was attended by Congress in-charge for Bihar affairs Shakti Sinh Gohil, Bihar Congress chief Madan Mohan Jha and CLP leader Sadanand Singh among ors.

central election committee (CEC) headed by party chief Sonia Gandhi is likely to meet on Monday to finalise some of candidates that screening panel will recommend.

On Saturday, opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar anunced a seat-sharing formula for upcoming assembly polls under which Congress will contest 70 of a total 243 seats.

Bihar assembly polls will be held in three phases on October 28, vember 3 and vember 7, and counting of votes will take place on vember 10.

mination process for first phase, under which 71 of total 243 seats will go to polls, began from October 1 and will end on October 8. 

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