Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress releases 4th list of 45 candidates, fields Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi
Lok Sabha polls. Danish Ali was suspended from Mayawati-led BSP citing ‘anti-party activities’. Ali later joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra when it was passing through Amroha.
Weeks later Danish Ali met former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, days from which he joined Congress. The Congress fielded its veteran leader Digvijaya Singh from Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh and newly-inducted leader Lal Singh from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur. Congress leader Kantilal Bhuria is set to contest Lok Sabha elections from Ratlam.
In the fourth list, Congress has declared candidates for the seats in Assam, Andaman, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, UP, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. In the fourth list Congress fielded Imran Masood from Saharanpur, and Alok Mishra from Kanpur. In Tamil Nadu, Congress party has fielded Karti Chidambaram from Sivaganga, Manickam Tagore from Virudhnagar and S Jothimani from Karur.
For Uttar Pradesh, where the party is in alliance with the Samajwadi Party and is contesting on 17 seats, the Congress announced candidates for nine seats. These include Rai from Varanasi, Danish Ali from Amroha, Imran Masood from Saharanpur and Alok Mishra from Kanpur. In Rajasthan Congress left Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency for Hanuman Beniwal's Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.
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