New Delhi: Congress has released the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. In the first list released on Friday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will once again contest from Wayanad, Kerala and Shashi Tharoor will contest from Thiruvananthapuram.
In the first list, Rajmohan Unnithan will contest from Kasargod seat, MK Raghavan from Kozhikode, K Sudhakaran from Kannur, K. Muraleedharan from Thrissur.
Congress’s first list for the Lok Sabha elections has come almost a week after the release of BJP’s first list. In this list, names of candidates from Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Telangana have been released.
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Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on the first list of Congress for Lok Sabha elections that in his party, names come from the districts, which are considered in the State Congress Committee and then the Central Election Committee takes the final decision on the names.
According to the news of BBC Hindi, Jairam Ramesh accused BJP that only two people take decisions there. He targeted the incident of two candidates of BJP first list withdrawing their names later.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, “It’s a strong list. There will be more lists. We release lists according to a set procedure, unlike the BJP where two people decide. Their (BJP) candidate from Asansol was changed and a similar thing happened in UP.”
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— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2024
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal while talking to news agency ANI said, “Former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel to contest from Rajnandgaon. Congress MP DK Suresh to contest from Karnataka Bengaluru rural. Kerala Congress President K Sudhakaran to contest from Kannur. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad.”
