The Congress on March 12 released its second list of 43 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The grand old party has fielded Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh again. In the 2019 elections, Chhindwara was the only constituency in MP that Congress managed to win.
In the last few days, there was a buzz that Kamal Nath and his son Nakul may defect to the BJP. However, the Congress had rubbished the speculations.
Acccording to the list, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi will contest from Jorhat in Assam, Rahul Kaswa will contest from Rajasthan's Churu and Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot will contest from Rajasthan's Jalore.
The party also named Phool Singh Baraiya from Madhya Pradesh's Bhind.
In the list, out of the 43 candidates, 10 are General candidates, 13 OBC candidates, 10 SC candidates, 9 ST candidates and 1 Muslim candidate.
Last week, Congress had released its first list of 39 candidates, fielding Rahul Gandhi from Kerala's Wayanad seat again.
According to the first list, former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel will contest from Rajnandgaon and Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram.
The BJP has already list a list of 195 candidates for the general election. The saffron party's second list is expected soon.
Here is the full list of Congress candidates announced in the second list:
| State | Constituency | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Assam | Jorhat | Gaurav Gogoi |
| Assam | Dhubri | Rakibul Hussain |
| Assam | Darang–Udalguri | Madhab Rabanshi |
| Assam | Gauhati | Meera Borthakur Goswami |
| Assam | Nowgong | Pradyut Bordoloi |
| Assam | Kokrajhar | Garjan Mashhay |
| Assam | Barpeta | Deep Bayan |
| Assam | Diphu | Joyram Engleng |
| Assam | Karimganj | Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury |
| Assam | Silchar | Surjya Kanta Sarkar |
| Assam | Kaziranga | Roselina Tirkey |
| Assam | Sonitpur | Prem Lal Ganju |
| Gujarat | Kachchh | Nitishbhai Lalan |
| Gujarat | Banaskantha | Geniben Thakur |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad East | Rohan Gupta |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad West | Bharat Makwana |
| Gujarat | Porbandar | Lalitbhai Vasoya |
| Gujarat | Bardoli | Siddharth Chaudhary |
| Gujarat | Valsad | Anantbhai Patel |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhind | Phool Singh Baraiya |
| Madhya Pradesh | Tikamgarh | Pankaj Ahirwar |
| Madhya Pradesh | Santa | Siddharth Kushwaha |
| Madhya Pradesh | Sidhi | Kamleshwar Patel |
| Madhya Pradesh | Mandla | Omkar Singh Markam |
| Madhya Pradesh | Chhindwara | Nakul Nath |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dewas | Rajednra Malviya |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dhar | Radheshyam Muvel |
| Madhya Pradesh | Khargone | Porlal Kharte |
| Madhya Pradesh | Betul | Ramu Tekam |
| Rajasthan | Bikaner | Govind Ram Meghwal |
| Rajasthan | Churu | Rahul Kaswan |
| Rajasthan | Jhunjhunu | Brijendra Ola |
| Rajasthan | Alwar | Lalit Yadav |
| Rajasthan | Bharatpur | Sanjana Jatav |
| Rajasthan | Tonk | Harish Chandra Meena |
| Rajasthan | Jodhpur | Karan Singh Uchiyarda |
| Rajasthan | Jalore | Vaibhav Gehlot |
| Rajasthan | Udaipur | Tarachand Meena |
| Rajasthan | Chittorgarh | Udaylal Ajana |
| Uttarakhand | Tehri Garhwal | Jot Singh Guntsola |
| Uttarakhand | Garhwal | Ganesh Godiyal |
| Uttarakhand | Almora | Pradeep Tamta |
| Daman & Diu | Daman & Diu | Ketan Dahyabhai Patel |
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