Hyderabad, November 04: Union Minister and AICC incharge of AP affairs M Veerappa Moily along with Chief Minister K Rosaiah and Pradesh Congress Committee chief D Srinivas will finalise and release the list of candidates for the GHMC elections on November 5.
Moily will come to the city tomorrow for the purpose.
According to party sources, PCC scrutiny committee comprising ministers Danam Nagender, P Sabita Reddy, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, M Mukesh Goud, PCC general secretary Tripurana Venkatratnam and former minister Mohd Shabbir Ali has submitted the preliminary list of candidates to D Srinivas this evening. In all, about 6,500 applications have been received by the committee for scrutiny. Both the PCC chief and Chief Minister will shortlist the names in consultation with the party MPs concerned.
Priority will be given to the names recommended by the local MLAs concerned. However, the State party leadership wants both MPs and MLAs to take responsibility for Congress victory in the polls.
The State leadership has decided to appoint ministers as incharges for each of the Assembly constituency falling under GHMC limits and MLAs to take responsibility of divisions.
In all, there are 24 Assembly segments and 150 divisions/wards. The party will begin election campaigning from November 10.
–Agencies