Congress Announces 2nd List For LS Polls: Gaurav Gogoi To Contest From Jorhat, Nakul Nath From Chhindwara

The Congress on Tuesday announced its second list of 43 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath once again from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara and Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav from Rajasthan's Jalore.

The party's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi has been fielded from Assam's Jorhat and Pradyut Bordoloi from Nagaon.

Rahul Kaswan, who switched over from the BJP a few days ago, has been fielded from Churu in Rajasthan.

The second list came a day after the Congress' central election committee, chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, met at the party headquarters here to finalise the candidates.

In the meeting, discussions were held for more than 60 seats in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Assam and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.

The seats announced on Tuesday include 13 from Assam, 10 from Madhya Pradesh, 10 from Rajasthan, seven from Gujarat and three from Uttarakhand, besides one from Daman and Diu, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said at a press conference.

Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Pawan Khera were also at the briefing.

Assam

Dhubri: Rakibul Hussain
Guwahati: Meera Goswami
Naogaon: Pradyot Bardoloi
Jorhat: Gaurav Gogoi

Rajasthan

Churu: Rahul Kaswan
Jalore: Vaibhav Gehlot

Madhya Pradesh

Chhindwara: Nakul Nath
Sidhi: Kamleshwar Patel

Gujarat

Ahmedabad East: Gaurav Gupta

Uttarakhand

Garhwal: Ganesh Godiyal
Almora: Pradeep Tamta

Daman and Diu: Ketan Patel