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Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi (left) and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kerala’s Wayanad once more, the get together introduced on Friday because it launched its first record of 39 candidates.
Congress normal secretary Ok C Venugopal will contest from Alappuzha (Kerala), former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon, Jyotsna Mahant from Korba, Tamradhwaj Sahu from Mahasamund and Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram.
Venugopal stated the record has 15 normal class candidates whereas 24 are from the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities.
Within the first record of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress CEC has chosen 39 names.• 15 candidates are from the Basic class
• 24 candidates are from SC, ST, OBC and minority teams
• 12 candidates are under 50 years of age
• 8 candidates are within the… pic.twitter.com/YbH1dVuaLb
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 8, 2024
The announcement got here a day after the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) finalised the names for the upcoming
Lok Sabha elections after having a dialogue on over 60 Lok Sabha seats from 11 states and union territories.
The CEC assembly which was chaired by get together president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Discussions had been held on Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya and Lakshwadeep.
“We’re in election mode and on an aggressive path of campaigning with Rahul Gandhi endeavor the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra which is in Gujarat,” Venugopal stated.
The Nyay Yatra will finish on March 17 in Mumbai with a mammoth rally deliberate and Congress president Kharge is writing to all INDIA bloc companions to attend that rally, he stated.
Kharge, former get together chief Sonia Gandhi and Venugopal, in addition to different senior leaders who’re a part of the CEC had been current on the assembly.
Rahul Gandhi, who was beforehand an MP from Amethi, misplaced the seat in 2019 however received from Wayanad in Kerala.
Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, T S Singhdeo and Mohammad Jawaid are different members of the CEC.
First Printed: Mar 08 2024 | 7:57 PM IST
