NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday released the fourth list of 46 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh to contest from Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency, UP Congress president Ajay Rai from Varanasi, Imran Masood from Saharanpur, Virender Rawat from Haridwar.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which will begin from April 19, will be the third time that Rai faces off against PM Modi from Varanasi.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi had defeated his nearest rival Shalini Yadav of Samajwadi Party by 4.80 lakh votes. Rai had bagged 1,52,548 votes and secured the third spot. He had got a vote share of 14.38% against PM Modi’s vote share of a staggering 63.62%.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh to contest from Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency, UP Congress president Ajay Rai from Varanasi, Imran Masood from Saharanpur, Virender Rawat from Haridwar.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which will begin from April 19, will be the third time that Rai faces off against PM Modi from Varanasi.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi had defeated his nearest rival Shalini Yadav of Samajwadi Party by 4.80 lakh votes. Rai had bagged 1,52,548 votes and secured the third spot. He had got a vote share of 14.38% against PM Modi’s vote share of a staggering 63.62%.
The list contains candidates from seats in Assam, Andaman, Chhattisgarh, MP, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, UP, Uttrakhand and West Bengal.
Karti Chidambaram has been fielded from Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga, Manickam Tagore from Virudhnagar, S Jothimani from Karur.
Danish Ali to contest from UP’s Amroha, Imran Masood from Saharanpur and Alok Mishra from Kanpur.
The Congress has left Rajasthan’s Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency for Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.
(This is a developing story)
