Lok Sabha Polls: Congress Picks CP Joshi For Bhilwara, Adds 5 More Candidates

The Congress announced its ninth list of five candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. CP Joshi has been nominated to contest from Bhilwara in Rajasthan, while Damodar Gurjar is slated to run in Rajsamand, also in Rajasthan. With this announcement, the total number of candidates declared by the party has now reached 213.

Earlier in the week, on Wednesday, the Congress revealed its eighth list of candidates for the upcoming polls. This list included candidates for Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh, where elections are scheduled to begin on April 19. In Jharkhand, the Congress has selected Kalicharan Munda for Khunti, Sukhdeo Bhagat for Lohardaga, and Jai Prakashbhai Patel for Hazaribagh.

Key Congress leaders convened in the national capital on Wednesday to discuss the party's candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in UP, Telangana, Goa, and Jharkhand.

The meeting was attended by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, KC Venugopal, and members of the Central Election Committee, including senior leaders Ambika Soni, Madhusudan Mistry, Uttam Kumar Reddy, and Salman Khurshid. When asked about Amethi and Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajai Rai stated that there was no discussion on these two seats.

"We had already expressed our views on these seats (Amethi and Rae Bareli) last time. The decision now lies with the leadership," he said, as reported by PTI.