Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Congress releases 8th list of 38 Candidates; Mallikarjun Kharge, Harish Rawat among nominees

Gearing up for the Lok Sabha Polls which are now days away, the Indian National Congress released its eighth list of 38 Candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. Out of the total 38 Candidates, 18 are from Karnataka, 9 from Madhya Pradesh, 5 from Uttarakhand, 3 from Uttar Pradesh. The party in its 8th list also declared candidates 2 Parliamentary seats of Manipur and one from Maharashtra.

The Party named Mallikarjun Kharge to contest from Gulbarga(Karnataka), Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal(MP), Harish Rawat from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar(Uttarakhand) among others.

Congress party releases 8th list of 38 candidates in Karnataka, MP, Maharashtra, Manipur, Uttarakhand, UP for #LokSabhaElections2019 . Mallikarjun Kharge to contest from Gulbarga(Karnataka), Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal(MP), Harish Rawat from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar(Uttarakhand) pic.twitter.com/ieFJ0OcI43

— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2019

The Congress Central Election Committee further finalized the names of :

Karnataka

1. Prakash Hukkeri from Chikkodi
2. Virupakshi S Sadhunnavar from Belgaum
3. Veena Kashappanavar from Bagalkot
4. Mallikarjun Kharge from Gulbarga SC
5. BV Nayak from Raichur reserved
6. Eshwar Khandra B from Bidar
7. Rajashekhar Hitnal from Koppal
8. US Ugrappa from Bellary ST
9. DR Patil from Haveri
10. Shamanur Shivashankarappa from Davanagere
11. Mithun  Rai from Dakshina Kannada
12. BN Chandrappa from Chitradurga SC
13. Vijayshankar from Mysore
14. R Dhruva Narayana from Chamarajanagar SC
15. DK Suresh from Bangalore Rural
16. Rizwan Arshad from Bangalore Central
17. Dr M Veerappa Moily from Chikkballapur
18. KH Muniyappa from Kolar SC

Madhya Pradesh

1. Kiran Ahirwar from Tikamgarh reserved
2. Kavita Singh from Khajuraho
3. Pramila Singh from Shahdol ST
4. Madhu Bhagat from Hoshangabad
5. Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal
6. Meenakshi Natrajan from Mandsour
7. Kanti Lal Bhuria from Ratlam ST
8. Ramu Tekam from Betul ST

Maharashtra

1. Ashok Chavan from Nanded

Manipur

1. O Nabakishore Singh from Inner Manipur
2. K James from Outer Manipur ST

Uttarakhand

1. Pritam Singh from Tehri Garhwal
2. Manish Khanduri from Garhwal
3. Pradeep Tamta Almora SC
4. Harish Rawat from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar
5. Ambrish Kumar from Haridwar

Uttar Pradesh

1. Rashid Alvi from Amorha
2. Mahesh Pathak from Mathura
3. Kunwar Sarvaraj Singh from Aonla Lok Sabha Seat

With the eighth list, Congress has now released a total of 220 Candidates. In the second list, Party has named Priya Dutt for Mumbai North Central Seat while in Uttar Pradesh.

Party in its first list maintaining the tradition has fielded its President Rahul Gandhi from Amethi, while United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be on electoral fray from home turf – Rae Bareli.

Election Commission had on March 10 declared schedule for General Elections 2019. Lok Sabha Polls are slated for April-May this year that would spread on Seven Phases starting from April 11 to May 19. Counting of Votes and Results for the mega Battle of ballots will be announced on May 23 four days after the 7th phase of voting.

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