New Delhi, March 19 -- The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet on Tuesday morning for the last time before the general election to approve the party's poll manifesto, among other things. In the evening, the central election committee is expected to clear the candidate list for the first phase of the polls scheduled on April 19, functionaries said.

The working committee meeting, scheduled at 10 am , is expected to spend most of its time on approving the manifesto. The meeting is also expected to pass a resolution hailing former party chief Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which started from Manipur on January 14 and ended in Mumbai on March 17.

"There are many pressing issues before the party. But the CWC might be hard-press...