New Delhi, March 28 Top Congress leaders held detailed discussions on the party's candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections during a meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) here on Saturday.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi, along with AICC general secretary, Organisation, K C Venugopal and leaders from West Bengal, attended the meeting.
Other prominent attendees included former West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and CEC members – Ambika Soni, Madhusudan Mistry, Salman Khurshid, T S Singhdeo, K J George, P L Punia, and Amee Yajnik – besides AICC in-charge for West Bengal, Ghulam Ahmed Mir.
The West Bengal assembly elections are being held in two phases on April 23 and 29. The votes will be counted on May 4.
