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Congress list of 10 candidates out; ex-Punjab CM Channi fielded from Jalandhar, Kanhaiya Kumar from NE Delhi
The party has announced its candidates for the three seats in Delhi in which it will be contesting.
Former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi (L) and ex-JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar (R). The Congress Sunday released its list of 10 more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, fielding former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Jalandhar parliamentary constituency and former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi seat. This pits Kumar against BJP’s Manoj Tiwari.
The party also announced its candidates for the two other Delhi seats it will be contesting. J P Agarwal has been fielded from Chandni Chowk constituency, while Udit Raj will be contesting from North West Delhi seat.
Kumar will be facing incumbent North East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari. The Congress is in a seat-sharing alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, where it will be contesting 3 seats and AAP 4 (East Delhi, New Delhi, West Delhi and South Delhi).
Congress’s 15th list of candidates
Six candidates have been fielded from seats in Punjab.
In Punjab, the party has fielded Gurjeet Singh Aujla from Amritsar, Amar Singh from Fatehgarh Sahib, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu from Bhatinda, Sukhpal Singh Khaira from Sangrur and Dr Dharamvir Gandhi from Patiala.
The Congress has named Ujjwal Rewati Raman Singh as its candidate for the Allahabad constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
The general elections will be held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
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