The Congress party has announced its second list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, comprising 43 names.
#WATCH | Delhi: Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal says “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… pic.twitter.com/ODKwCE1seF
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Nakul Nath, the son of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, will be contesting from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. He currently holds the position of sitting MP from the same constituency. Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has been nominated as the Congress candidate from Jalore in Rajasthan.
कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित CEC की बैठक में लोकसभा चुनाव, 2024 के लिए 43 लोकसभा सीटों पर कांग्रेस उम्मीदवारों की दूसरी लिस्ट जारी की गई। pic.twitter.com/kgWoEkzKt6
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 12, 2024
Gaurav Gogoi, the son of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has been selected as the Congress candidate from Jorhat. He currently serves as the sitting MP from the Kaliabor constituency.
The Congress’s second list includes 12 candidates from Assam, 7 from Gujarat, 10 from Madhya Pradesh, 10 from Rajasthan, and 1 from Daman and Diu.
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As per Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, 76.7% of the candidates included in the list are from minority, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Castes categories.
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