Congress Declares 20 More Lok Sabha Candidates

Neeraja Rai 4515 02 Apr, 2019

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The Congress on Tuesday night declared 20 more Lok Sabha candidates retaining some of its sitting lawmakers in Punjab including Sunil Jakhar from Gurdaspur, Gurjit Singh Aujla from Amritsar, Ravneet Singh Bittu from Ludhiana and Santokh Singh Chaudhary from Jalandhar. The party has also given tickets to former lawmakers Preneet Kaur from Patiala and Pawan Kumar Bansal from Chandigarh. Congress releases a list of 20 candidates for #LokSabhaElections2019 ; 4 from Gujarat, 3 from Jharkhand, 2 from Karnataka, 2 from Odisha, 1 from Himachal Pradesh, 1 from D&N Haveli, and 6 from Punjab. Pawan Kumar Bansal to be Congress candidate from Chandigarh pic.twitter.com/gNcAoW005k - ANI (@ANI) April 2, 2019 The party has fielded Rajkumar Chabbewal from Hoshiarpur. Former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay would contest from Jharkhand capital Ranchi. In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has fielded Pawan Kajal from Kangra. The list includes four candidates from Gujarat, six from Punjab, two each from Odisha and Karnataka, three from Jharkhand and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.