The Congress has submitted a list of star campaigners forthe bypolls, which includes some prominent leaders from the G-23 list andKanhaiya Kumar, who has recently joined the party.
Anand Sharma, who belongs to Himachal Pradesh, BhupinderSingh Hooda, former Chief Minister of Haryana, and Raj Babbar are the threemembers of G-23, who have been included in the list.
Apart from them, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit SinghChanni and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel are also in the list withSachin Pilot and Navjot Singh Sidhu while Ashok Gehlot is excluded,sourcessaid, adding that Gehlot is looking after the elections in Rajasthan.
The Congress is slated to hold a CWC meeting this monthand ahead of the meet, the party has tried to reach out to the dissenters, whohave demanded the meeting of the highest decision making body of the party.
Former Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha GhulamNabi Azad had written for an early meeting of the Congress Working Committee(CWC). Azad in his letter had pointed out about the need for a permanentpresident and to discuss party affairs in the present scenario. He hadreiterated his demand for organisational elections in the party.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had launched an attackon Rahul Gandhi and wondered who in the party was taking decisions. He saidthat the party leaders' demand for organisational elections had not been met.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Sibal had said, "There is no presidentin our party, so we do not know who is taking all the decisions. We know it,yet we don't know."
The bypolls are going to be held in 15 states and unionterritories, including Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra, HimachalPradesh and West Bengal on October 30 and the counting of votes will take placeon November 2.