The Pradesh Election Committee (PEC), which is headed by Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and State PWD Minister Nabam Tuki, today recommended the party candidates’ names and forwarded it to the AICC general secretary in-charge of Arunachal, V Narayanswamy, for taking a final decision by the Party High Command.
According a source at the party headquarters office here, altogether thirteen candidates are in the fray for party tickets for the two Lok Sabha seats in the State, which goes to polls on April 16 next.
“Unable to sort out the differences while choosing the candidates for ensuing Parliamentary elections following intense lobbying by the aspirants, the Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) has short-listed its candidates’ names and forwarded the same to the AICC general secretary in-charge of Arunachal Pradesh, V Narayanswamy, who is also the Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Planning,” said the source.
“The Central Election Committee (CEC) of All India Congress Committee (AICC) will have a meeting in New Delhi within a day or two to shortlist the party candidates, the final decision on which will accordingly be announced by Congress High Command,” said the AICC leader Narayanswamy while briefing the media here early this morning before leaving for the national capital. He was on a two-day visit to the State capital.
The Union Minister said the main poll plank of the Congress Party in Arunachal Pradesh will be the UPA government’s achievements, while claiming that this frontier state had remained mal-nourished and under-developed during the six-year-long NDA regime, headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee.
