New Delhi, 19 September 2012

A PTI report from Delhi, quoting sources today said that Congress party’s screening committee meeting held in New Delhi on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Union Road Transport and Highways Minister C P Joshi decided not to give tickets to candidates who lost Assembly Elections twice earlier in Gujarat or those who lost the last Assembly Elections by margins of more than 15,000 votes. The other decision taken by the committee is that a person who fought elections at panchyat or municipality level in constituencies will be given preference for tickets. The party has also decided to give maximum tickets to youth, women, professionals and those with higher education, the report said.

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