Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress announces initial candidates; Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: While 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.

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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 party's 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.

The 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.

While 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.

Meanwhile, 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.