NEW DELHI: The
Congress
on Tuesday released its
second list
of
candidates
for the upcoming
Lok Sabha elections
.
"We have already announced our first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. Today, we are going to announce the second list. Yesterday, CEC met and cleared the list of around 43 names from Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan," said Congress general secretary
KC Venugopal
.
On March 8, the party had released its first list of 39 candidates.
Giving details about the second list, Venugopal told reporters: "In this list, out of the 43 candidates, 10 are General candidates, 13 OBC candidates, 10 SC candidates, 9 ST candidates and 1 Muslim candidate."
Key candidates in 2nd list
- Kamal Nath's son Nakul will contest from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara.
- Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, will fight from Rajasthan's Jalore.
- Gaurav Gogoi has been fielded from Assam's Jorhat.
- Rahul Kaswa, who recently joined the Congress after leaving the BJP, will contest from Rajasthan's Churu.
(This is a developing story)
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