Congress announces second list of 16 candidates for Madhya Pradesh assembly polls

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The Congress party on Sunday released another list of 16 candidates ahead of the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Madhya Pradesh is all set to go for polling on 28 November to elect members of the 230 constituencies. 

The last date of filing nominations is 9 November. The counting of votes will take place on 11 December. On 6 October, election dates were announced.

On 7 January 2019, the tenure of MP assembly ends.  

The polls in the state are being seen as a direct political battle between the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Congress. While Shivraj Singh Chouhan government will try to win for the consecutive fourth term, the grand old party will fight for regaining power after 2003.

After days of intense deliberations and speculations, the Congress on Saturday evening released the first list of 155 candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018. The Congress, which has often been targeted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for promoting dynasty politics, has given tickets to several relatives of senior party leaders.

Veteran Congress leader and former Madhya  Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh's brother and son have been included in the list of candidates, another former state CM Arjun Singh's son Ajay Singh has been picked to contest the election from Churhat seat. Digvijaya's son Jayavardhan Singh has been given ticket from Raghogarh, while his brother Lakshman Singh will contest from Chachoura seat.

MP Kantilal Bhuria's son Vikrant has been fielded from Jhabua seat. 

Polling for 230-seat Madhya Pradesh Assembly will he held on November 28 and results will be declared on December 11.

Here's the first list of candidates: