CPI announces 15 candidates, Raja appointed convenor of manifesto committee
Swati Mathur | TNN | Mar 8, 2019, 22:10 ISTNEW DELHI: The absence of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s name in Communist Party of India’s first list of electoral candidates triggered rumours on Friday that talks between Lalu Prasad’s RJD and CPI may be in troubled waters.
CPI, however, maintained that talks are still in progress, and said it will contest 53 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 24 states before releasing its first list of 15 candidates.
“Our talks with the RJD is ongoing and we will take a call on Kanhaiya Kumar once that is finalised. Both the state and local units have identified a seat for him and we have to see how the talks with RJD pans out,” said CPI leader D Raja.
CPI is keen to contest six seats in Bihar — Begusarai, Khagaria, Motihari, Madhubani, Banka, and Gaya — but party sources indicated Begusarai, from where it wants to field Kanhaiya Kumar, is its priority seat.
The CPI national executive also appointed party secretary D Raja as convenor of the party’s manifesto committee. “The draft of the manifesto will be ready by March 22 and we should be able to release it in the first week of April,” Raja said, speaking to TOI.
On Friday, CPI announced the names of party candidates on four seats in Kerala — Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Mavelikkara — Rajasthan, Manipur, Jammu and Maharashtra, among others.
CPI, however, maintained that talks are still in progress, and said it will contest 53 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 24 states before releasing its first list of 15 candidates.
“Our talks with the RJD is ongoing and we will take a call on Kanhaiya Kumar once that is finalised. Both the state and local units have identified a seat for him and we have to see how the talks with RJD pans out,” said CPI leader D Raja.
CPI is keen to contest six seats in Bihar — Begusarai, Khagaria, Motihari, Madhubani, Banka, and Gaya — but party sources indicated Begusarai, from where it wants to field Kanhaiya Kumar, is its priority seat.
The CPI national executive also appointed party secretary D Raja as convenor of the party’s manifesto committee. “The draft of the manifesto will be ready by March 22 and we should be able to release it in the first week of April,” Raja said, speaking to TOI.
On Friday, CPI announced the names of party candidates on four seats in Kerala — Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, and Mavelikkara — Rajasthan, Manipur, Jammu and Maharashtra, among others.
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