Of the overall 39 candidates introduced, 15 are from Kerala, seven from Karnataka and 6 from Chhattisgarh, 4 from Telangana. Two from Meghalaya and one every from Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Lakshwadeep.
Congress on Friday launched its first list of candidates for 39 Lok Sabha constituencies. The names have been introduced for Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshwadeep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana and Tripura.
Of the overall 39 candidates introduced, 15 are from Kerala, seven from Karnataka and 6 from Chhattisgarh, 4 from Telangana. Two from Meghalaya and one every from Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Lakshwadeep.
Congress (*39*) Secretary KC Venugopal knowledgeable that senior occasion chief Rahul Gandhi will once more contest from the Wayanad constituency, the seat received by him in 2019.
The list of 39 candidates was launched after the occasion held its Central Election Committee assembly on Thursday.
A complete of six seats had been introduced from Chhattisgarh, Shivkumar Dahariya has been fielded from Jangir-Champa, Jyotsana Mahant will contest from Korba, Bhupesh Baghel has been fielded from Rajnandgaon, Rajendra Sahu from Durg, Vikas Upadhay from Raipur, Tamradhwaj Sahu from Mahasamund.
Also, Congress introduced names for seven seats in Karnataka, together with DK Suresh contesting from Bengaluru Rural.
In Karnataka, Anandaswamy Gaddadevara Mat will contest from Haveri, Geetha Shivarajkumar has been fielded from Shimoga, Shreyal Patel from Hassan, SP Muddahanumegowda from Tumkur and Vekanataramegowda (Star Chandru) from Mandya.
A complete of 16 candidates have been introduced from Kerala, together with Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram.
Addressing the press convention, KC Venugopal mentioned,” Out of these 39 candidates, 15 are from General category and 24 are from SC, ST, OBC, and minorities.”
Congress occasion’s second Election Committee assembly will likely be held on March 11 in Delhi to focus on the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Meanwhile, the BJP has already launched its first list of 195 candidates.
The Lok Sabha polls are possible to be held in April-May this yr.
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