The Congress has launched its second candidate checklist, fielding former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s son Nakul from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat. Congress second candidate checklist has come a day after the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC), chaired by social gathering chief Mallikarjun Kharge, met on the social gathering headquarters in Delhi to finalise the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot, too, will enter the electoral fray from Rajasthan’s Jalore. Congress’ deputy chief within the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, has been dropped from his Kaliabor Lok Sabha seat and has as an alternative been contested from Jorhat.
After his title was introduced from Jorhat, Gaurav Gogoi mentioned, “I wish to thank the central management of Congress social gathering for giving me this duty. We are going to struggle the elections with full power and attempt to win it. For the reason that checklist is remaining now, we are going to strategize accordingly.”
The second candidate checklist by the Congress options 43 candidates throughout Rajasthan, Assam, Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In accordance with the reviews, the CEC mentioned candidates on greater than 60 Lok Sabha seats however declared solely on 43 seats for now.
The second checklist consists of 12 names from Assam, 10 from Madhya Pradesh, 10 from Rajasthan, seven from Gujarat and three from Uttarakhand, moreover one from Daman and Diu, AICC normal secretary KC Venugopal mentioned in a press convention on Tuesday, March 12.
KC Venugopal added: “On this checklist, out of the 43 candidates, 10 are Common candidates, 13 OBC candidates, 10 SC candidates, 9 ST candidates and 1 Muslim candidate.”
Phool Singh Baraiya has been fielded from Bhind constituency and Siddharth Kushwaha will contest from Satna. Pankaj Ahirwar has been fielded from Tikamgarh and Kamleshwar Patel will struggle the Lok Sabha polls from Sidhi. The sitting MP from Churu, Rahul Kaswan, who just lately switched to Congress from BJP, has once more been fielded from the constituency.
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Revealed: 12 Mar 2024, 07:15 PM IST
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