Congress releases first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress party on Friday released its first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2024, due in few weeks. The party announced names of candidates after its brainstorming session during the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, held on Thursday evening at its headqaurters in Delhi. The meeting was attended by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, partriarch Sonia Gandhi, General Secretary KC Venugopal among others.
Talking about big names, the party has fielded Rahul Gandhi from Kerala’s Wayanad once again. Shashi Tharoor will contest from Thiruvananthapuram, KC Venugopal from Kerala’s Alappuzha, Ex-Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon, DK Suresh, brother of Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, has been fielded from Bengaluru Gramin (Rural).
Out of 39 candidates named in the first list, 15 are from General category, 24 from SC/ST/OBC and minority category.
Lok Sabha elections are due to be held in few weeks, however, the polling schedule is yet to be announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
On Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its first list of 195 candidates for Lok Sabha polls
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