The Congress party has released its second list of 43 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath, Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi are some of the prominent names mentioned in the list.
“We have already announced our first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. Today, we are going to announce the second list. Yesterday, CEC met and cleared the list of around 43 names from Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,” said KC Venugopal on Tuesday as he announced the names.
KC Venugopal said that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi will contest from Assam’s Jorhat, Nakul Nath will contest from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara, Rahul Kaswa will contest from Rajasthan’s Churu and Vaibhav Gehlot from Jalore.
“In this list, out of the 43 candidates, 10 are General candidates, 13 OBC candidates, 10 SC candidates, 9 ST candidates and 1 Muslim candidate,” KC Venugopal added.