Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Sons of former chief ministers dominate 2nd list of 43 Congress candidates
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Vaibhav Gehlot and Nakul Nath
Congress second list: The sons of former chief ministers from the Congress party dominated the grand old party'ssecond list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The second list comprises 43 names, including Gaurav Gogoi, son of former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi; Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot; and Nakul Nath, son of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath.
The candidates for Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam states have been announced in the second list of Congress candidates.
Congress second list: Key points
Battle of the Bastions:The Congress party faces the challenge of saving its bastion of Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. A stronghold of former chief minister Kamal Nath, the Congress party has never lost a Lok Sabha election from Chhindwara barring once in a 1997 bypoll.The BJP came close to winning the seat in 2019 when its candidate lost the election by about 38,000 votes to Congress party's Nakul Nath. Nakul will face the challenge of defending the Congress bastion during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Congress candidates in BJP strongholds:The BJP nearly swept the states of Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat during the last two Lok Sabha elections. The Congress party has declared the names of 7 candidates from Gujarat, 3 from Uttarakhand, and 10 each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan states. The grand old party faces a direct contest from the BJP in these states.
Congress eyes disadvantaged classes:According to Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, 76.7 per cent of candidates in the list belong to the minority, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Castes categories.
(With inputs from agencies)