New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): The first meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress is likely to be held here on Saturday to finalise the names of candidates for the first two phases of the West Bengal and Assam Assembly polls.
Updated Mar 06, 2021 | 15:49 IST
The party brushed off the reports and said that she is a “very indispensable part” of the Congress. All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev | Photo Credit: PTI
Guwahati: The Congress party on Saturday dismissed the reports that All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party amid differences over the seat-sharing arrangement for the Assam polls.
Several media reports claimed that Dev has resigned from the party as she was unhappy with the seat-sharing formula between the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) for the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam.
The first meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress is likely to be held here on Saturday to finalise the names of candidates for the first two phases of the West Bengal and Assam Assembly polls. The meeting will be held via video-conferencing. Senior leaders of the party and leaders of Congress s West Bengal and Assam units will also participate in the meeting. In West Bengal, Congress is in a pre-poll alliance with Left parties and the newly floated Indian Secular Front (ISF) by Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui. Meanwhile, 92 seats have been finalised for Congress in the alliance.