New Delhi: The Congress party has released its first list of candidates for 15 seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, naming UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi as the party’s candidate from Rae Bareli and Rahul from Amethi.
The list comprises 4 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat and 11 in Uttar Pradesh.
On Thursday’s list of 11 candidates from Uttar Pradesh are former Union minister Salman Khurshid from Farrukhabad and RPN Singh from Kushi Nagar.
Announcement of first list of candidates selected by Congress Central Election Committee for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. pic.twitter.com/FEzssyx3uV
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The other candidates include, Imran Masood from Saharanpur, Saleem Iqbal Shervani from Badaun, Jitin Prasad from Dhaurahra, Annu Tandon from unnao, Rajaram Pal from Akbarpur , Brij Lal Khabri from Jalaun (SC) and Nirmal Khatri from Faizabad.
From Gujarat, the list covers Raju Parmar from Ahmedabad West, former state Congress president Bharatsinh M Solanki from Anand, Prashant Patel from Vadodara and Ranbjit Mohansinh Rathwa from the reserved tribal seat of Chhota Udaipur.