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All India Congress Committee (AICC) elder person T.S. Singh Deo, who is heading the screening committee for enactment of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections, connected Monday (January 20, 2026), said the enactment has received astir 5,285 applications from summons aspirants successful Tamil Nadu and 800 applications successful Puducherry.
Mr. Deo told journalists successful Chennai the committee would study to the cardinal predetermination committee and views of the respective Pradesh Congress Committee presidents volition beryllium taken into account.
“Once the Pradesh predetermination committee is formed, it volition supply recommendations to the screening committee. The screening committee volition study to the Central predetermination committee. We person besides suggested that the process (of screening) beryllium taken to the artifact and territory level. We volition beryllium gathering arsenic galore radical arsenic imaginable – not conscionable from applicants but besides those who privation to enactment others (aspirants),” helium said.
Mr. Deo did not privation to remark connected speculation whether Congress would signifier an confederation with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and added the INDIA bloc volition triumph large successful the upcoming elections. He mentioned that aspirants coming unneurotic to enactment immoderate different campaigner would beryllium “healthy”.
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee announced connected Sunday (January 18) its agelong pending appointment of District Congress Committee presidents (for 71 DCCs) successful Tamil Nadu arsenic a portion of Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan.
“Under this initiative, AICC Observers assigned to each territory conducted elaborate reviews, engaged with enactment functionaries and different stakeholders, and submitted their broad reports. Following the submission of these reports, one-to-one discussions were held with each Observer, arsenic good arsenic with elder leaders,” helium said.
