October 08, 2025 22:03 Congress top brass clears names of 25 candidates

Amid seat-sharing talks with allies of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar, the Congress top leadership today discussed party candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections and is learnt to have finalised names of 25 candidates.

Sources said top leaders, including Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi joined the deliberations virtually to select the party candidates at a meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) held at Indira Bhawan here.

AICC general secretary, organisation, K.C. Venugopal, party treasurer Ajay Maken and other leaders also attended the meeting.

Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Ram said all top leader

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