Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress party on Friday released its ninth list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2024. In the latest list, the 'Grand Old Party' has announced three candidates for Karnataka and two for Rajasthan.
From Karnataka, the 'Grand Old Party' has declared E Thukaram as its candidate from Bellar (ST), Sunil Bose from Chamarajanagar (SC), Raksha Ramaiah from Chikkballapur and from Rajasthan, the party has named Dr Damodar Gurjar in place of Sudarshan Rawar from Rajsamand and Dr CP Joshi in place of Dr Damodar Gurjar from Bhilwara.
Congress releases ninth list of Lok Sabha candidates.
"Bose has been in politics for the past 20 years and hence is eligible to get a Congress ticket," a close confidant of Mahadevappa said. The party, however, has remained indecisive about Kolar, which has become a vexatious issue.
Amid strong speculation that the party is keen on fielding Food and Civil Supplies Minister K H Muniyappa's son-in-law Chikka Peddanna, five legislators, including two ministers, threatened to quit.
Alarmed by the rebellion over this issue, Congress has not yet named the candidate yet.
On Wednesday, Congress released its eighth list of 14 candidates. The party announced the names of its candidates for Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Telangana. Below are the candidates announced by the Grand Old Party in its eighth list.
UP Congress candidates
- Dolly Sharma from Ghaziabad
- Nakul Dubey from Sitapur
- Shivram Valmiki from Bulandshahr (SC)
- Virendra Chaudhary from Maharajganj.
Madhya Pradesh Congress candidates
- Rao Yadvendra Singh from Guna
- Tarvar Singh Lodhi from Damoh
- Pratap Bhanu Sharma from Vidisha
Telangana Congress candidates
- Suguna Kumari Chelimala from Adilabad
- Tatiparti Jeevan Reddy from Nizamabad
- Neelam Madhu from Medak
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