Lok Sabha elections: Congress fields 14 candidates in its 8th list

The 14 candidates have been fielded from four states

The party has fielded candidates from seats in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand. File photo

The Congress on Wednesday released its eighth list of 14 candidates fielded from four states for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The 14 candidates have been fielded from seats in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.

Lok Sabha elections: Congress fields 14 candidates in its 8th list On Tuesday, the Congress had released its seventh list with the names of four more candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, including two new faces and a two-time MLA who has been under the ED radar. With this, the Congress named candidates for all 11 seats in Chhattisgarh ahead of the elections.

It had also dropped Mani Shankar Aiyar as its candidate from the Mayiladuthurai constituency in Tamil Nadu. Aiyar was replaced by Advocate R Sudha.

Police personnel seen to control the situation during a massive protest over the statehood demand and the inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule, in Leh on Wednesday. (ANI Video Grab)

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