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Congress declares 45 candidates, fields Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi

The Congress party has released its fourth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The polling in the general elections will be held in seven phases beginning April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.

Reported By : Vijai Laxmi Edited By : Shashwat Bhandari
New Delhi
Updated on: March 24, 2024 11:06 IST
Congress 4th list of candidates, Lok Sabha Elections 2024
Image Source : PTI Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at AICC headquarters. (File photo)

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. The party has named Congress leader Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat, UP Congress president Ajay Rai from Varanasi against PM Modi, Imran Masood from Saharanpur, Virender Rawat from Haridwar, Danish Ali from Amroha, Alok Mishra from Kanpur among others.

Congress has fielded Karti Chidambaram from Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga, Manickam Tagore from Virudhnagar, S Jothimani from Karur.

The 'Grand Old Party' has left Rajasthan's Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency for alliance partner Hanuman Beniwal's Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.

Senior Congress leader Manickam Tagore has been fielded from Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu, while former Union Minister in UPA-2, Kantilal Bhuria, has been nominated from Ratlam (ST) in Madhya Pradesh.

Some of the other names that found mention in Congress' fourth list include Akhilesh Pratap Singh (Deoria, UP), Piya Roy Chowdhury (Cooch Behar, WB), Kawasi Lakhma (Chhattisgarh), Raman Bhalla (Jammu), Sanjay Sharma (Hoshangbad, MP), Angomcha Bimol Akoijam (Inner Manipur), and Lalbiakzama (Mizoram), among others.

The party, however, is yet to name its nominee from UP's Rae Bareli, a seat held by Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi since 2004.

Overall, in its fourth list, the party announced four candidates from Maharashtra, 12 from Madhya Pradesh, 9 from Uttar Pradesh, seven from Tamil Nadu, two each from Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Manipur, and one each from Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, and West Bengal.

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