<p>With the last date to file nominations for the first phase of polls in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, the Congress is yet to announce its list of candidates.</p>.<p>The BJP has done its bidding on Saturday and on Monday announced six candidates for the seats in Rajnandgaon.</p>.<p>The Congress is in a fix over who to pit against Chief Minister Raman Singh, in the Rajnandgaon constituency.</p>.<p>For the last three times, the Congress candidate in the constituency has been pushed to corner, being defeated with a large margin twice.</p>.<p>A list of round 12 candidate is emerging but party leader like Rajnandgaon district president Nawaz Khan and town president Dinesh Sharma are of the view that a state level Congress leader should be brought in to fight the elections against Raman Singh.</p>.<p>Party leaders are also trying to get Karuna Shukla, niece of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to enter the poll fray against the chief minister.</p>.<p>Congress party insiders said that on late Monday evening, after AICC president Rahul Gandhi’s visit concludes, the list of candidates for the first phase of polls would be announced.</p>.<p>Nawaz Khan said that the Congress has faced defeat against Raman Singh with wider gap for two times.</p>.<p>Recommendation has been given for placing any state level Congress leader against Singh, he said and added that the Congress would be working together and give a tough fight.</p>.<p>If local leaders are to be selected, then new faces can be put to test but it would be an experimental effort, he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a key Congress leader Girwar Janghel, contending for the Khairagarh seat, has filed his nomination papers.</p>.<p>JCC(J) has filed Devvrat Singh, former MLA from Khairagarh, as its candidate and BJP has fielded Komal Janghel, also a former MLA and parliamentary secretary, as its candidate for the Khairagarh seat.</p>
<p>With the last date to file nominations for the first phase of polls in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, the Congress is yet to announce its list of candidates.</p>.<p>The BJP has done its bidding on Saturday and on Monday announced six candidates for the seats in Rajnandgaon.</p>.<p>The Congress is in a fix over who to pit against Chief Minister Raman Singh, in the Rajnandgaon constituency.</p>.<p>For the last three times, the Congress candidate in the constituency has been pushed to corner, being defeated with a large margin twice.</p>.<p>A list of round 12 candidate is emerging but party leader like Rajnandgaon district president Nawaz Khan and town president Dinesh Sharma are of the view that a state level Congress leader should be brought in to fight the elections against Raman Singh.</p>.<p>Party leaders are also trying to get Karuna Shukla, niece of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to enter the poll fray against the chief minister.</p>.<p>Congress party insiders said that on late Monday evening, after AICC president Rahul Gandhi’s visit concludes, the list of candidates for the first phase of polls would be announced.</p>.<p>Nawaz Khan said that the Congress has faced defeat against Raman Singh with wider gap for two times.</p>.<p>Recommendation has been given for placing any state level Congress leader against Singh, he said and added that the Congress would be working together and give a tough fight.</p>.<p>If local leaders are to be selected, then new faces can be put to test but it would be an experimental effort, he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a key Congress leader Girwar Janghel, contending for the Khairagarh seat, has filed his nomination papers.</p>.<p>JCC(J) has filed Devvrat Singh, former MLA from Khairagarh, as its candidate and BJP has fielded Komal Janghel, also a former MLA and parliamentary secretary, as its candidate for the Khairagarh seat.</p>
