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J P Agarwal, Dalit leader in fray for capital’s North-East primary, Tytler still ‘undecided’

March 04, 2014 1:31 am

North-East constituency and New Delhi constituency, are two Lok Sabha seats where Congress is conducting US-style primaries to decide its candidate.

‘Primaries in Cong are nothing but auctions’

February 25, 2014 12:55 am

The Congress “primaries” system has been introduced in two UP seats — Sant Kabir Nagar and Ambedkar Nagar .

Cong to launch ‘primaries’ in New Delhi constituency

February 23, 2014 12:47 am

For conducting primaries, a voters’ list will be first prepared.

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