NCP evolves criteria for LS poll candidates

Guwahati, Julu 11: The NE Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) considers moral background of candidates as one of the basic criteria to finalise its list of nominees for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, said NCP general secretary and convenor of its NE core committee P A Sangma here on Sunday. The NE core committee of the party, which was constituted recently by its all India president Sharad Pawar with SC Sinha as the chairman, PA Sangma as the convenor, Prof BB Dutta as the member secretary and presidents of the eight Pradesh NCP committees (including Sikkim) as ex-officio members, will soon come out with guidelines for the purpose of nominating party candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, Sangma, who was addressing a press conference at the Hedayatpur office of the party, said.