Mangaluru: Despite several ticket aspirants from the Congress party in Mangaluru Lok Sabha constituency, Dakshina Kannada district Youth Congress President Mithun Rai has reportedly succeeded to gain the trust of the Congress High Command.
According to the highly placed sources in the Congress party, Congress National President Rahul Gandhi selected youth leader Mithun Rai as the candidate despite senior leaders B Ramananth Rai and Vinay Kumar Sorake being in the race.
The screening committee had reportedly informed Rahul Gandhi that the constituency will see a tuff competition if Mithun Rai is fielded. However, the decision of fielding Rai will be announced on March 25.
It is also said that Rahul Gandhi convened a press conference at Delhi on Thursday evening and informed to all the ticket aspirants like B Ramanath Rai, Vinay Kumar Sorake, B K Hariprasad, M N Rajendra Kumar among others to support Mithu Rai, by setting aside all the differences.