Congress announces second list of 43 candidates for Lok Sabha polls
The Congress released its second candidate list for the Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday.
Party General Secretary K C Venugopal, framing the contest as one between the downtrodden and crony capitalists, announced 43 candidates across states, including Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan.
Gaurav Gogoi will contest from Assam's Jorhat, Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath will contest from Chhindwara.
The party's Central Election Committee (CEC) had convened on Monday to finalise candidates, shortly after releasing its first list for the polls.
Earlier, the Congress had unveiled 39 candidates for the upcoming elections, including Rahul Gandhi, who is slated to contest from Kerala's Wayanad constituency again. Bhupesh Baghel, the former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, has been nominated to contest from Rajnandgaon. Additionally, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal will be contesting from Alappuzha in Kerala, while Shashi Tharoor has been renominated from Thiruvananthapuram.
Key members of the CEC include party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, T S Singhdeo, and Mohammad Jawaid, among others.
Some of the candidates named include:
Assam
Dubri: Raqibul Hussain
Barpeta: Dip Bayan
Kokrajhar: Gorjon Basumatary
Diphu: Joy Ram Ingle
Assam Jorhat: Gaurav Gogoi
Gujarat
Ahmedabad East: Rohan Gupta
Madhya Pradesh
Satna: Siddarth Kushwaha
Chhindwara: Nakul Nath
Rajasthan
Bikaner: Govind Ram Meghwal
Brijender ola: Jhunjhunu
Bharatpur: Sanjana Yadav
Jodhpur: Karan Singh
Jalore: Vaibhav Gehlot
Udaipur: Tarachand Meena
Uttarakhand
Garhwal: Ganesh Godiyal
Congress releases the second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
— ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2024
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi to contest from Jorhat, Assam. Nakul Nath to contest from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara. Rahul Kaswa to contest from Rajasthan's Churu and Vaibhav Gehlot to contest from… pic.twitter.com/oms2aliTqF
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Two children drown in farm pond in Karnataka
Tumakuru (Karnataka) (PTI): Two children died after slipping and falling into a farm pond near Benakanahalli on Sunday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Suchitra (11) and her brother Ravindra (9) from Kasapura village in Midigeshi hobli.
According to police, preliminary information suggests that the children had gone to graze goats.
They are believed to have slipped and fallen into the farm pond while attempting to drink water.
The bodies have been sent to Madhugiri Public Hospital for post-mortem.
A case has been registered at the Midigeshi police station.
