RaGa meets top Congress leaders to select next Chhattisgarh CM
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After selecting chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi held hectic parleys with top party leaders today to decide on the top post for Chhattisgarh. Sources said Gandhi met Chhattisgarh's four potential chief ministerial candidates- T S Singh Deo, Tamradhwaj Sahu, Bhupesh Baghel and Charan Das Mahant- at his Tughlaq Lane residence and held discussions with them. Read more.
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Mallikarjun Kharge, Chhattisgarh AICC in-charge P L Punia, present too
This is the third round of discussions that the Congress chief is holding before selecting the chief minister for Chhattisgarh, where the party romped home to power, after 15 years, with a two-third majority. Congress' central observer Mallikarjun Kharge and AICC in-charge for party affairs in Chhattisgarh, P L Punia were also present at the meeting at the Congress chief's residence.
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CLP meeting to be held in Raipur at 4:00 pm
The sources said that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were also present at the meeting. They said that a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) is slated to be held at 4.00 pm in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. However, it was not clear whether the announcement would be made in the national capital or in Raipur.
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