Whose fortunes will open, whose cards will be cut… 'Special 14' will decide the future of Congress in 4 states.

After the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress is gearing up for the four state assembly elections. Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi has set a goal to win the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir and maintain the winning momentum in the Lok Sabha elections. Along with this, to achieve the target, the Congress has constituted a special team of 14 for elections in four states. He will be responsible for selecting Congress candidates in four states. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has formed a screening committee for the assembly elections to be held in the states of Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. This committee of Congress selects party candidates and their tickets. The Congress has appointed one chairman and three members each to the screening committee set up in Haryana and Maharashtra, while one chairman and two members have been appointed for the states of Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. Ajay Maken in charge of Goharyana: Congress has entrusted Ajay Maken with the responsibility of the screening committee for the selection of candidates for the Haryana assembly elections. Along with him, Manickam Tagore, Jignesh Mevani and Srinivas BV have been inducted as members. Congress has handed over the charge of the screening committee for the Maharashtra Assembly to Madhusudhan Mistry. Along with him, Saptagiri Shankar Ulka, Mansoor Alikhan and Srivella Prasad have been included as members. Girish Sodankar has been entrusted with the responsibility of screening committee to select candidates for Jharkhand assembly elections. Congress has inducted Poonam Paswan and Prakash Joshi as board members. At the same time, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has been entrusted with the charge of Screening Committee of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Anton Antonio and Sachin Rao will be included in this group. Apart from this, it is said that the screening committee of the Congress in all the 4 states will include state president, CLP president and Congress state in-charge. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress fared better than last time in Maharashtra and Haryana. Congress won 5 out of 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, Congress won 13 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra and Congress increased its seats from one to two in Jharkhand. Congress emerged as the largest party in Maharashtra after holding the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP has suffered a crushing defeat in these three states in the Lok Sabha elections. BJP lost 5 seats in Haryana, 14 seats in Maharashtra and 4 seats in Jharkhand. The situation is in our favor, everyone should be united – Sonia's Congress wants to retain its lead in the Lok Sabha polls in the Assembly polls as well. Due to this, when Sonia Gandhi spoke at the parliamentary party meeting, the party members should gather for the upcoming assembly elections. Elections are going to be held in four states in a few months, he said. We have to maintain the situation created in the Lok Sabha elections. We must not become complacent and overconfident. Even if the environment is favorable for us, we must act in unison with the goal in mind.