Will Nandan Nilekani get Congress ticket?Top Stories

February 15, 2014 13:35
Will Nandan Nilekani get Congress ticket?},{Will Nandan Nilekani get Congress ticket?

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First list of canditates from the Congress party to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections is almost final and is likely to be declared soon. The talks now are whether Nandan Nilekani's, Aadhar project chief, name will figure in the list.

Nilekani name will reportedly figure in the official entry as he is a choice of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, according to party sources. Apparently, Nilekani has begun an informal campaign in the posh Bangalore South constituency.

The first list of nominees is expected to be released by next week by the Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC), the apex body that is headed by Sonia Gandhi.

Others who are expected to be in the first list are Milind Deora, sitting MP of Mumbai South and Priya Dutt, representative of Mumbai North Central. The list would include some other candidates from Karnataka. A source reportedly said that most of the sitting Congress MPs will get tickets for the 2014 LS polls. In Karnataka, the Congress has nine sitting MPs.  

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