Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the Congress party has unveiled its first list of 39 candidates, marking the commencement of its electoral campaign. The announcement came following an extensive deliberation session held by the Central Election Committee (CEC) on Friday evening at the partys headquarters in Delhi.Led by party stalwarts including Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi, alongside General Secretary KC Venugopal, the CEC convened to finalize the roster of candidates for the impending polls.Congress releases the first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad in Kerala pic.twitter.com/lHiLSfvM9v— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2024The Congress party decided to field Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Gandhi family and former Congress president, from the constituency of Wayanad in Kerala. The grand old party has fielded, 15 condidates from Kerala, six each from Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, four from Telangana, two from Meghalaya and one each from Sikkim and Nagaland.कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति की बैठक में लोकसभा चुनाव, 2024 के लिए 39 लोकसभा सीटों पर कांग्रेस उम्मीदवारों के नाम घोषित किए गए। pic.twitter.com/jOQk3rycwG— Congress (@INCIndia) March 8, 2024While Lok Sabha elections are on the horizon, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to declare the official polling schedule, leaving political parties in a state of anticipation.Congress releases the first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad (Kerala), Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh),Tamradhwaj Sahu from Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh), Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvanathapuram (Kerala), Hibi Eden from… pic.twitter.com/xyo6SIID0Z— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2024Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also made a significant stride in their election preparations by releasing their first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, further intensifying the political landscape in the run-up to the elections.