Lok Sabha elections: Congress may announce candidates today

Thiruvananthapuram | Saturday | 16th March, 2019

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Similarly, the suggestion to field RMP leader K K Rema as UDF-backed candidate at Vadakara is also unlikely to materialise. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The list of Congress candidates, who will contest Lok Sabha poll from Kerala, is expected to be announced by Saturday evening. Candidature of senior leader Oommen Chandy and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal were not discussed in the screening committee. Ramesh Chennithala said there was nothing wrong in MLAs contesting the poll.The hope for dissident Kerala Congress (M) leader P J Joseph to contest from Idukki as an independent was also dashed by the Congress high command. Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala told reporters in New Delhi that there was no confusion and the list would be published on Saturday itself..