The Congress leadership still remains undecided about Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh and also about West Bengal -- where Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee has already snubbed the grand old party.
Gaurav Gogoi, son of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has been fielded from Jorhat. Gogoi is a sitting MP from the Kaliabor constituency.
The Congress's second list features 12 candidates from Assam, 7 from Gujarat, 10 from Madhya Pradesh, 10 from Rajasthan, and one from Daman and Diu.
The Congress's second list features 12 candidates from Assam, 7 from Gujarat, 10 from Madhya Pradesh, 10 from Rajasthan, and 1 from Daman and Diu.
According to Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, 76.7 per cent of candidates in the list belong to the minority, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Castes (OBC) categories.
The Congress released its second list of 43 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list features names of sons of senior Congress leaders, including Kamal Nath and Ashok Gehlot.
Nakul Nath, who is the son of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, has been fielded from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. He is a sitting MP from the seat. Vaibhav Gehlot has been fielded from Jalore.
Altogether Congress has fielded 82 candidates as its first list included 39 candidates. In West Bengal, despite the snub from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the Congress did not name any candidate.
Ms Banerjee has already named her 42 candidates including cricket star Yusuf Pathan from Congress veteran Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's stronghold of Bahrampur.
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