Congress releases second list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday evening released its second list of 43 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections to be held in April-May. The grand old party announced candidates for Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam.

The Election Commission of India is likely to announce the poll dates either this week or in the first half of the next week.

However, no names from Maharashtra or Goa featured in the second list of the Congress. Here are some of the main candidates whose names featured in the second list.

Gaurav Gogoi, son of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, will be contesting from Jorhat.

Nakul Nath, son of Kamal Nath, will contest from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara.

Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has been fielded from Jalore, Rajasthan. Sachin Pilot’s name did not feature in the second list as was reported earlier.

Rahul Kaswan, who was denied a ticket by the BJP, has been fielded by Congress from Churu, Rajasthan.

Full list of Congress candidates

Assam

Jorhat: Gaurav Gogoi
Dhubri: Rakibul Hussain
Darang–Udalguri: Madhab Rabanshi
Gauhati: Meera Borthakur Goswami
Nowgong: Pradyut Bordoloi
Kokrajhar: Garjan Mashhay
Barpeta: Deep Bayan
Diphu: Joyram Engleng
Karimganj: Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury
Silchar: Surjya Kanta Sarkar
Kaziranga: Roselina Tirkey
Sonitpur: Prem Lal Ganju

Gujarat
Kachchh: Nitishbhai Lalan
Banaskantha: Geniben Thakur
Ahmedabad East: Rohan Gupta
Ahmedabad West: Bharat Makwana
Porbandar: Lalitbhai Vasoya
Bardoli: Siddharth Chaudhary
Valsad: Anantbhai Patel

Madhya Pradesh

Bhind:Phool Singh Baraiya
Tikamgarh: Pankaj Ahirwar
Santa: Siddharth Kushwaha
Sidhi: Kamleshwar Patel
Mandla: Omkar Singh Markam
Chhindwara: Nakul Nath
Dewas: Rajednra Malviya
Dhar: Radheshyam Muvel
Khargone: Porlal Kharte
Betul: Ramu Tekam

Rajasthan

Bikaner: Govind Ram Meghwal
Churu: Rahul Kaswan
Jhunjhunu: Brijendra Ola
Alwar: Lalit Yadav
Bharatpur: Sanjana Jatav
Tonk: Harish Chandra Meena’
Jodhpur: Karan Singh Uchiyarda
Jalore: Vaibhav Gehlot
Udaipur: Tarachand Meena
Chittorgarh: Udaylal Ajana

Uttarakhand

Tehri Garhwal: Jot Singh Guntsola
Garhwal: Ganesh Godiyal
Almora: Pradeep Tamta

Daman & Diu:

Ketan Dahyabhai Patel