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Congress has finalized 57 seats in Himachal. Screw is stuck on 11 seats. The party high command has conducted a re-survey on 6 of these seats. At the same time, a 3-member committee has been constituted to resolve the dispute. It stars Deepa Das Munshi, Mukul Wasnik and Rajeev Shukla.
Sources reveal that the committee has been given the task of pacifying the political ruckus over ticket allocation for 6 seats. The high command asked them to conduct separate surveys and submit their respective reports. On the instructions of the party, the three leaders got the survey done on Monday and submitted the report to the high command.
Therefore, till this afternoon, the seats on which the screw is stuck, the Congress High Command can give a decision regarding the ticket. It is expected that out of the 57 seats where tickets have been fixed, it is possible to change the tickets of one or two, because the Congress’s Young Brigade and some former MLAs are angry in the state.
Controversy broke out over tickets for these 11 seats
At present, the Congress has fixed candidates for 57 seats. Now their formal announcement is yet to be made. The Center Election Committee is unable to make a consensus on 11 seats. There is controversy over these. Among them Manali, Kutledah, Shimla Urban, Sulah, Dehra and Hamirpur are prominent. 5 other seats will be of Congress high command’s own choice.
Tickets can be changed on these seats
Sources reveal that even in the 57 seats where the party has fixed the ticket 3 days ago, there may be a change in the ticket in one or two seats as the Young Young Brigade of Congress is upset over not getting a single Youth Congress leader ticket.