The Congress social gathering as we speak launched one other checklist of 43 candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections. The names have been introduced by Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal. The checklist options outstanding names like former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath, former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi. This is the second candidate checklist by the Congress after it launched its first candidate checklist which had 39 names together with Rahul Gandhi.
43 Seats, Caste Equation, Five States/UT
The 43 candidates are from 5 states – Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Daman and Diu. Out of the 43 candidates, 10 are General candidates, 13 OBC candidates, 10 SC candidates, 9 ST candidates and 1 Muslim candidate. A complete of 12 candidates have been introduced from Assam, 10 from Madhya Pradesh, 7 from Gujarat, 10 from Rajasthan, three from Uttarakhand and one from Daman and Diu.
कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित CEC की बैठक में लोकसभा चुनाव, 2024 के लिए 43 लोकसभा सीटों पर कांग्रेस उम्मीदवारों की दूसरी लिस्ट जारी की गई। pic.twitter.com/kgWoEkzKt6
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Key Candidates
In Madhya Pradesh, the Congress has fielded Nakul Nath who’s the son of a senior social gathering chief Kamal Nath from the Chhindwara constituency. Phool Singh Baraiya has been fielded from Bhind, whereas Pankaj Ahirwar will contest from Tikamgarh. Siddharth Kushwaha will contest from Satna, whereas Kamleshwar Patel will combat the Lok Sabha polls from Sidhi.
In Assam, Gaurav Gogoi has been fielded from the Jorhat Lok Sabha seat. Congress has additionally fielded Garjan Mashhary from Kokrajhar, Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri, Deep Bayan from Barpeta, Madhab Rajbanshi from Darrang Udalguri, and Mira Barthakur Goswami from Guwahati Lok Sabha seat.
In Gujarat, Congress has fielded Nitishbhai Lalan from Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency, Geniben Thakor from Banaskantha, Rohan Gupta from Ahmedabad East, Bharat Makwana from Ahmedabad West, Lalitbhai Vasoya from Porbandar, Siddharth Chaudhary from Bardoli and (*43*) Patel from Valsad.
Rahul Kaswan who joined Congress after quitting BJP has been fielded from Rajasthan’s Churu. Kaswan is a sitting MP from Churu. Vaibhav Gehlot, the son of former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been fielded from Jalore Lok Sabha seat. The social gathering has additionally fielded Tarachand Meena from Udaipur.
In Uttarakhand, Jot Singh Guntsola will contest from Tehri Garhwal. Congress has additionally fielded Ganesh Godiyal from Garhwal Lok Sabha seat whereas Pradeep Tamta will contest from Almora. Congress has additionally fielded Ketan Dahyabhai Patel from Daman & Diu constituency. With the announcement of 43 candidates, Congress has thus far declared names on 82 Lok Sabha seats.
